Re: Hard drive won't format

Posted on 2024-01-16, 08:47

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by AdamP

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Well, what do you know? 😲 I disabled Legacy USB, Plug & Play O/S, and Scan User Flash Area, tried again (not expecting it to work; I was just clutching at straws), and it worked! An unexpected, but very welcome turn of events! Why would any of those prevent a disk from being formatted?

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Re: Hard drive won't format

Posted on 2024-01-16, 03:32

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by AdamP

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To rule out motherboard/bios incompatibility, I'd need to test it on a newer system. I only have one functioning newer desktop, and I'm not sure that it has IDE. Also, I'd rather not go fiddling with a machine that's working. I do, however, have a USB IDE hard drive enclosure (though I assume that's …

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Re: Hard drive won't format

Posted on 2024-01-16, 03:13

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by AdamP

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Have you verified the drive is OK in another machine? No, but the eBay listing said it had been refurbished, and had screenshots of testing software showing it's okay. Also, I forgot to say that I've tried smaller partitions and clearing the extended configuration data, but neither had any effect.

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Hard drive won't format

Posted on 2024-01-16, 02:28

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by AdamP

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Hi, I'm trying to revive an old Windows 98SE rig. To that end, I got a new hard drive (Maxtor Fireball 3 40GB), but it won't format in Windows Setup. Both the BIOS and fdisk recognise it and correctly report its capacity, but when I try to format it, it never goes beyond 0%. There are no error …

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Re: [FIXED] Windows 3.1 Zombie Wars midi music problem

Posted on 2022-05-09, 23:00

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by AdamP

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Yeah, they do work; it's just that the game was silent for whatever reason. It should be okay now.

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Re: [FIXED] Windows 3.1 Zombie Wars midi music problem

Posted on 2022-05-09, 22:21

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Another possible DOSBox issue: cheats don't seem to want to work. They work fine on real hardware. Edit: they do work; I was just silent for some reason.....

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Re: [FIXED] Windows 3.1 Zombie Wars midi music problem

Posted on 2022-05-09, 21:25

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by AdamP

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Is there a way to change the MPU-401 port in DOSBox?

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Re: Zombie Wars on Windows 3.1 (in DOSBox)

Posted on 2022-05-09, 21:16

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by AdamP

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Disable MPU-401? That's a bummer, seeing as it sounds MUCH better than FM. Edit: Seems like your solution works, however!

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Heroes of Might and Magic II CD music

Posted on 2018-02-08, 01:15

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Hi, I'm having a very queer problem with this game: the CD music appears to work fine, but when a dialogue box appears, the game slows to a crawl and behaves as if it's having difficulty reading the CD music tracks. As soon as the dialogue box closes, it returns to normal. This happens even for …

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Re: Windows 3.1 display colours

Posted on 2017-12-15, 22:30

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by AdamP

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I downloaded your drivers, but got the same problem. I'm not using a modified DOSBox. However, I still got it working! :-D It seems that opengl output does not support more than 256 colours (if that is the case, my original hunch was correct). I changed the output and now 64k colour works! :). They …

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Re: Windows 3.1 display colours

Posted on 2017-12-15, 01:06

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More ;) How? I am unable to get it working with more than 256 colours. I think I'm using the same drivers as in this video (in which someone gets it working in high colour), but I get a blank screen if I select an option with more than 256 colours. (By the way, I thought that "svga" in the DOSBox …

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Windows 3.1 display colours

Posted on 2017-12-14, 04:12

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by AdamP

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Hi, Is it possible to run Windows 3.1 with more than 256 colours in DOSBox? Or is it limited to 256 colours? Thanks.

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Re: Intel HD Graphics 4600

Posted on 2017-12-14, 00:53

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by AdamP

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What's the driver ver that doesn't work? Are you using the drivers provided by Windows Update or have you tried downloading the latest driver from Intel? I can't remember the number but I think it's dated October this year. Windows is just - automatically and without warning or asking - updating …

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Re: Intel HD Graphics 4600

Posted on 2017-12-14, 00:08

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by AdamP

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Yes, there is a tool provided by Microsoft for disabling the updates for a specific driver: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3073930/how-to-temporarily-prevent-a-driver-update-from-reinstalling-in-window Thanks. I tried that, but this device doesn't appear. What's also strange is that …

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Re: Intel HD Graphics 4600

Posted on 2017-12-13, 23:16

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by AdamP

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AdamP wrote: Is there a workaround for this, in case Windows 10 decides to update the driver again? Yep, Windows has just gone and automatically reupdated the driver without prompting or anything, and yes, the problem has returned. Is there a way to disable this?

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Intel HD Graphics 4600

Posted on 2017-12-13, 04:00

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by AdamP

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Hi, The new Intel HD Graphics 4600 drivers appear to screw DOSBox (0.74) up: in fullscreen, the screen flickers and disappears. Resetting DOSBox options had no effect, nor did reinstalling DOSBox. I rollbacked the driver and all is well again. Is there a workaround for this, in case Windows 10 …

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Re: Zombie Wars on Windows 3.1 (in DOSBox)

Posted on 2017-11-21, 01:30

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I've briefly tested Zombie Wars 1.0R in WfWG 3.11 and the MIDI music does seem to stop when it shouldn't, sometimes with notes hanging. My results were better in Win 3.1 with included SB 1.5 and MPU-401 drivers. However, the MIDI volume slider in the game's settings appears to do nothing, and …

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Re: Zombie Wars on Windows 3.1 (in DOSBox)

Posted on 2017-11-18, 01:44

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I did get a message saying it may not work properly with the default MIDI Mapper setting, but I haven't the foggiest what the "correct" MIDI Mapper setup is for this game If you're trying to use MPU-401 then check to see if the MIDI Mapper in the Win3 Control Panel is set to an external MIDI option …

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Re: Zombie Wars on Windows 3.1 (in DOSBox)

Posted on 2017-11-16, 02:48

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Have you installed the Sound Blaster drivers in Win3.11? Also, make sure that they're configured to the same settings (IRQ/IO/DMA) that you have set in DOSBox. I installed some Sound Blaster 16 drivers I got somewhere. They are configured to match DOSBox's settings (I/O: 220 IRQ:7 LDMA: 1 HDMA: 5 …

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Re: Zombie Wars on Windows 3.1 (in DOSBox)

Posted on 2017-11-16, 02:05

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In your DOSBox settings, set the SB16 IRQ to 7. If you still don't get MIDI, try changing midiconfig=0 to just midiconfig= That didn't work :(. Changing the IRQ to 7 actually caused problems with the sound: Windows kept playing the beginning of a sound repeatedly and there was no way to stop it. I …

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