Win ME and Promise ATA100

[KouklatheCat]

I recently re-formatted my HDD and did a fresh install of WinME. When I went to check my system performance I saw the warning that my C: drive was running in MS-DOS compatabilty mode. I checked in Device Manager and my Promise ATA 100 controller is installed under SCSI controlers as before and my other HDD controllers (primary, secondary and VIA) are installed and running correctly (atleast according to ME).

My drives are installed as follows

ATA100 Maxtor Diamond MAX 30Gb
Primary Master BTC CD rom
Secondary Master Creative Labs burner

Did I just not notice this "warning" before? or what is wrong?

 

[KouklatheCat]

Anyone?

 

[lilnnjaboy]

And third party controller that you use not attached to your motherboard are going to be seen as SCSI controllers. It's just how windows will see it.

 

[KouklatheCat]

the ATA 100 controller is on my motheboard and not an expansion card

 

[mike2fix]

Did you install the Promise ATA drivers?

 

[steve154]

Download and install the latest VIA 4 in 1's and you will be set. LMK how it works out. VIA 4 in 1 drivers

 

[KouklatheCat]

Yes I installed the VIA drivers and I am still getting the message that some drives (C) are running in MS DOS compatability mode.

I installed the driver that was linked here and still the same thing. The drive seems to be working fine as before just I cant remember if it gave the compatability mode message before.

Thanks for your help

 

[steve154]

I had the same problem a few years ago with a promise ATA-33 card. It was the IRQ routing driver that was messing me up. As soon as I installed it the problem went away. The drive is not working at max performance in compatability mode. I have an ATA-100 PCI card in my KT7, running Win Me, and it does not show up as running in compatability mode. No more ideas here, sorry it didn't help.