Formating - are you trying to format the drive that Windows boots from? - Don't think it will let you do that. You could boot from a floppy or CD with enough DOS or Linux to let you format the drive.
Cardbus - Have you read this paper? http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/cardbus1.mspx On 7/7/07, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > first off, i have 2 machines that simply won't let me format the hard drives > as they seem to think something is running that prevents me from formatting > them. any thoughts? > > secondly, and more importantly, i'm trying to add pcmcia slots on these > machines. i have 2 different cards from 2 different manufacturers. both > assure me that i can run 32 bit card bus cards. both promise plug and play > installation. but when i plug, they can see the cardbus card, but inform me > that "the firmware on this system is not configured to allow the cardbus > controller to be run in cardbus mode". i would have thought it would be > easy to find the solution to this, but it hasn't been. however, i can take > solace in the fact that thousands of other windoze victims have the exact > same problem and they don't seem to have an answer either. > > you guys know how to fix this, right? i'm running xp pro and have run all > the updates i've been told to run. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." -Benjamin Disraeli '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
