Force Compatability disk mode access ??

[Seb Jenkins]

Hi,

The only way I can get my Win98 PC to boot WITHOUT a Windows Protection error on startup is to go into:

MSCONFIG - Advanced:
and check the Force Compatability disk mode access option.


Anyone know what this means ??

Many thanks.

Seb Jenkins

[Hpro]

this means that either your hard drive has been setup using some "OLD" EZ drive,your bios is configured improper or some other configuration is wrong - it can also be that there are some entries in config.sys which will be loaded during startup and are in conflict with windows..i.e CDrom Drivers etc..

If you are running Win98 - WinMe go to start Run type ASD and click Ok if there is a failure it will tell you so and also what causes the fail..

May also your MOBO's hardrive controllor isn't accepted by windows - Hit the Windows key + Break (Pause) key enter device manager and look if there are any yellow exclamation marks in device manager...

You can also use this - START > RUN >type MSCONFIG32 and click Ok then look out for FORCED HARDWARE..

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