In the July issue of PC Upgrade, they mention installing a HiVal LS120 a:drive (an IDE unit) in their featured system. They specifically mention in at least two places that they disabled the onboard floppy controller because they were not using a conventional 3.5" floppy. If I remember correctly, the unit discussed also does not have a normal 3.5" floppy, and if your Ortech LS120 is also an IDE unit, then disabling the floppy controller (either onboard by jumper, in CMOS set-up, or both) should force windows not to see the a: drive, much like we don't see the b drive around much anymore. I have to mention that I also haven't worked with these units yet, and I'm going on what I've read only. I would also check the boot order in CMOS set-up to make sure that the LS120 is included as a boot device. My Set-up offers only LS120 and then C (only one option for the LS120). I would make sure that you set up something similar on your system. > -----Original Message----- > From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Roxanne Pierce > Sent: July 11, 1998 2:21 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] ORTech LS-120 behaviour > > > Yes, I've had 3.5" 1.44kb disks in it when attempting to access it as an A > drive. It simply won't -- it hangs the system. Whether the media > inserted is a > 1.44kb disk or an LS-120 disk, only the D drive designation works > in Win95. This > means that the A drive designation is useless, and potentially dangerous.