I/O Disk Error on installing a 1.5gb dri

can you see it in the bios and also within fdisk? If so you might want to boot up with a win98 or 95 boot disk and reformat the drive then reload the operating system on it.

When dealing with used hard disks, the safest thing to do is Zerofill the Hard Disk as stand alone. (Use the free utility on the Manufacturer's website)
Check the jumper settings, (Remember some master's require a slave present Jumper)
Install in PC.
Fdisk and format.
It should work.
Regards, Chris

check out the HD maunfacturers website. they usually have free installation software for download. (Seagate disk wizard for example.) The program creates a bootable floppy which detects the drive and configures/formats it for you. You may need overlay software if the bios does not support the drive again available from the manufacturs site.

When installing this drive, along with checking the BIOS settings, make sure the jumper is set for master or slave depending on what you are trying to do. I suggest setting it as a stand alone drive first, to get it working then make changes from there. If you are not sure what the jumper setting are, you can check the manufacture's web site for the specs. Also try a new ribbon cable and make sure it correctly connected (the no.1 pin on the drive with the red or indicated mark on the ribbon cable). If you don't have a new ribbon cable and you know the CDROM works borrow that cable... Good Luck!

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