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IBM PC - Hard drives not recognized with QAPlus

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Symptom:
QA/Plus for Windows doesn't show and test the 3rd and 4th Hard drives installed. The machines affected ar as follows :
6571, 6573, 6581, 6583, 6585, 6875, 6876, 6885, 6876, 6886

Problem Isolation Aids:
The hard drives won't be recognized in hard drive tests. No drive letter will be seen.

Fix:
The 3rd and 4th Hard drives are not recognized due to the 32bit disk drivers currently used in the Preload. For a temporary work around, comment out the following lines in the system.ini file for running the QA test and enable later. (; for commenting out).
device=int13ibm.386
device=wdctlibm.386

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Hint Category

Diagnostics, Hard Drives

Date Created

03-02-95

Last Updated

19-11-98

Revision Date

19-11-2000

Brand

IBM PC

Product Family

PC 330, PC 350, PC 730, PC 750

Machine Type

6571, 6573, 6575, 6581, 6583, 6585, 6875, 6876, 6885, 6886

Model

all

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