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I have just been given a SCSI hard drive for my system which currently has 2 IDE drives installed.
The only way I can get Windows 98 to recognize it is if I check the removable media box.
I don't think it's running as fast as it should be,.
Has anyone else mixed SCSI & IDE drives under Windows, and if so, what's the best solution.
Any ideas would be a help.
The only way I can get Windows 98 to recognize it is if I check the removable media box.
I don't think it's running as fast as it should be,.
Has anyone else mixed SCSI & IDE drives under Windows, and if so, what's the best solution.
Any ideas would be a help.
It should be a problem mixing the diferent drives, also you shouldn't have to tick the removable media box. Does windows auto detect the scsi card even you don't have the HD installed?
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Under System in the control panel, it detects the card & the drive with no problems. When the Removable Media isn't checked, I cannot access the drive at all.
I also have a SCSI CD writer attached and that works fine. The SCSI ID's are different (I checked that first) and both seem to work. I did a speed test on the HD with the CD writer software and it states it's slower than the IDE drive.
It's got me beat!
I also have a SCSI CD writer attached and that works fine. The SCSI ID's are different (I checked that first) and both seem to work. I did a speed test on the HD with the CD writer software and it states it's slower than the IDE drive.
It's got me beat!
How about termination ? Can you represent SCSI chain here and
point where terminators are set ?
point where terminators are set ?
Are both scsi drives on the same card or is the CDR drive on it's own proprietary card? Are they internal, external or one of each?
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I've tried a variety og things - Terminating the the drive (as standard, the cd was terminated and still is). They are both on the same card.
I think I'll just have to grin and bear it, but I wanted to make sure that it was possible and that I wasn't just fluking the connection (some people in the know said I shouldn't mix 'n match SCSI & IDE.
Looks like it can be done!
Thanks to all of you for your help and idea's!
I think I'll just have to grin and bear it, but I wanted to make sure that it was possible and that I wasn't just fluking the connection (some people in the know said I shouldn't mix 'n match SCSI & IDE.
Looks like it can be done!
Thanks to all of you for your help and idea's!