MotherBoard:
If you have WEB access, look up the manufacturer's
website for a bios upgrade to your specific MoBo. However if
flashing the bios is not done properly, you will have a dead MoBo.
So proceed with caution. Flash upgrading the bios will probably
allow the MobO to recognise the larger HD.
Large Harddrive:
There are DiskManager type programs which mediate the installation
of larger harddrives in older motherboards. They tend to be specific
to the Make & Model of the HD. They are freely available for
downloading from the manufacturer of the HD.
Another alternative is to use software (commercial) like Partition
Magic and create several logical drives.
SBIDE.SYS:
You can try reinstalling your CDRom drive. You
can"update" the CDRom driver via device manager in the control
panel. Have the CDRom driver disk (from the manufacturer of the
CDRom drive) handy or use the drivers provided by MS on your WIN98
CD.
You can also try "install/remove hardware" option in control panel
and let WIN98 detect the CDRom and find the drivers (it will ask for
driver disk or Win98 CD).
As a last resort, remove CDROM through the device manager and let
WIN98 detect it.
If you know the make and model of your CDRom drive, you could get
the latest drivers either from Creative web site
<http://www.creaf.com> or the drive manufacturer.
It would be a good idea to find out the make & Model numbers of your
MoBo, HD and CDRom drive. If you do not have access to the web
sites, someone could send you thse drivers.
Regards
Harsha Godavari
PS: I hope you did check & Adjust the jumper settings on your HD to
be Master or Slave as required.
"d.k.bhat" wrote:
>
> Dear Sir,
> I have my pc having windows 98 OS . My hard drive got filled over
> time and hardly 50 M.B were left. I thought that from my 2.1 GB
> Hard Drive I should go for a higher one. So I went to purchase a
> higher GB and after getting instructions how to transfer the data
> from my earlier one to the new one, It transpired that my
> motherboard was not in a position to accept the higher GB. Then
> I decided, till I would be in a position to change
> the motherboard, I shall continue with my old one. I uninstalled
> some downloads and freed some more space of the Hard drive. Then
> onwards when I boot my computer I get the message that "The
> following file is missing or corrupted: C:\SBCD\DRV\SBIDE.SYS
> .There is an error in your config.sys file on line 5". I do not
> know how to correct the error.
>
> DAYAKRISHEN BHAT
>
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