From: noone@nowhere.noway.com   
      
   "TFM®"  wrote in message   
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   >I have an Emachine W3410 with SATA and IDE capabilities.  I had   
   >previously installed XP on a SATA drive as the machine prefers to   
   >boot from that channel.   
   >   
   > I put an old 10 gig IDE drive in and attempted to install 98 on it.   
   > I was having a few problems until I decided to unplug the power from   
   > the SATA drive before going on.  98 installed with no problem after   
   > that.  I might add it boots incredibly fast.   
   >   
   > My problem is that it  (Win 98) won't boot with the SATA drive   
   > reconnected. It gives me a blue screen warning of 32 bit drivers and   
   > child devices.  My only option then is to power down or restart in   
   > XP.   
   >   
   > Can someone point me toward a few good links that might educate me   
   > further?   
      
   Windows 98 will need a SATA driver for the motherboard controller.   
   Check the motherboard manufacturer's site to see if one exists.  If   
   so,   
   install it then power-off and connect the SATA drive up and it should   
   work.   
   Alternatively, you may be able to enter the BIOS setup and set the   
   controller   
   to treat SATA drives as IDE (ie PATA.)  I'm not familiar with the   
   E-Machine   
   model you mention, but this is a very common BIOS feature.   
   If the option exists and is set to 'legacy' (or whatever that BIOS   
   calls it),   
   Windows 98 will then see the HD contoller as a simple PATA one and   
   should work just like it did when you had only the PATA HD connected.   
   HTH   
   --   
   Rob   
      
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