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Am running xp and while having several sets of boot/startup disks that I boot from after formating, there was an option to quit the A: drive and use all scsi dvd/cdrw/combo drives (except the hdd's)off the existing card/controler,needles to say it's easier to go with ide and keep A: as well if...

it's there for no other reason than to control the cdrw drive..

thanks all.......need to buy/replace some hardware now.hehe

Am finally comming to agree with your presumption Freestone and will think hard regarding hardware on future pc's eg A drive,CD drive and particular scsi drives/card. Think it an appropriate time to thank the contributors to this thread.....southerncross.

No I'm not sure at all Lemon13 but do know if it does have it's own bios it can't be seen at start/boot....I had an hour at their site (adaptec.com) while not the worlds best searcher I couldn't find any reference to my scsi card at all..?

Lemon13 am using ADAPTEC AIC-7850 PCI Controller (scsi card)

micker377 yes I don't get this os/bios msg anymore as I have disconnected the cd-rom ide drive internally however there is no similar msg that the os/bios sees the sony cd-r/rw-crx-145s (scsi)drive?

Hi Lemon13.......I do have an ide cd-rom fitted to the pc however it has been disabled for 2 yrs. because of suspected burnt-out (non-read and smell) I uninstalled it via device mgr. recently in an attempt to eliminate it totally from the boot/cd problem... The remaining drive is a sony...

happydownloader, thanks I do have those but need to be able to boot from the cd.. Lemon13, all ok there.. will keep looking:)

after format hdd the pc can't boot from bootable xp or win98se CD's, the same CD's will autorun if an os is installed (xp or 98')....bios is set for CD-RW first.....can boot from floppy ok.........cd-rw has current driver/aspi installed fresh outa ideas anyone heard or had this problem? tia