on 4/5/04 9:18 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: "JOHN.E.ABRAHAM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: VST Zip & MCE CDRW > > Hi Listers > > I have a frustrating problem I am unable to solve. > > I have a Wallstreet 233 (w /cache) OS 9.2.2. I had supplied with it > a floppy which I use in LH bay and the CD rom in the RH side, both > of these perform OK. As the floppy has its limitations regarding > backup etc I decided to add a Iomega(VST) 100 Mb zip drive. Before I > got around to trying to use it an MCE CDRW for the Wallstreet became > available for me to buy, so I went for it. > > So now I have the Zip to go in the LH and the CDRW to go in the RH, > correct you may say, unfortunately the Wallstreet does not want to > know. > > With the zip inserted and the WS booted it freezes when the Iomega > icon appears during its boot up stage. The only option is to > restart and quickly remove the Zip then it boots OK. If I turn off > all the Iomega extensions then proceed as above it freezes when > trying to launch the Desktop. > > As for the CDRW no problem there regarding booting to the desktop, > but when any media is inserted ie: a programme installation disc, it > rotates in to life then stops with out launching the disc Icon on to > the desktop. > > I tried boot from a Norton disc with the Zip in and it boots to the > desktop. With media inserted I requested to find missing disc and it > did so. Unfortunately this is not possible with the CDRW as you > need the drive in order to run the Norton disc. > > Do I need any new drivers in order to use the drives or are there > just conflicts which need to be sorted. If the former a visit to > the respective sites should resolve this, if the latter where should > I be looking to find the conflicts. Is the zip problem with it > being a VST model not Iomega as the internal is an Iomega drive. > > Your ideas would be most appreciated > > John Abraham (UK)
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