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by geneguy

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I have reloaded a computer with win98se, everytime a boot I'm getting a detection of 2 mass storage devices and the system wants the drivers for these devices. I don't have any mass devices installed. Why is the OS detecting these? How can I fix this problem?
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by dmiles

The BIOS could be reading devices that were previously connected to the system,such as cd-rw,zip drive or any other device that was used to store programs or applications,check the Device manager and see if their are references to the devices and remove them,also check the Add/Remove programs and delete any applications,if you would like then reinstall the operating system by using FDISK /MBR partition and reformat

by psx

Chances are you have a SCSI controller or an IDE RAID controller either built-in to your motherboard or in your PC.

One way to find out is to open your PC and look to see if you have a SCSI controller or if your motherboard has a built-in RAID controller (should have a little chip that says something starting with "HPT"). If you do have a built-in HPT RAID controller, you need the diskette that comes with your motherboard. It will contain the necessary driver. If you can't find this diskette, go to www.drivershq.com and search for an HPT driver. Make sure you're looking for the driver for the right chipset (there should be something about this on a chip on your motherboard).

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