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Question posted by hv71492 on June 26th, 2012

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I'm missing the HDD WD204BA-75AG driver for Windows98. Can You help me? Gr. Alessandro

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Answer #1: Posted by hzplj9 on June 26th, 2012 12:52 PM

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Western Digital does not recognise WD204BA-75AG. However WD205BA is and this returns as an EIDE drive. You will need an EIDE interface to recognise this drive. Standard IDE is not any good. Check your model number and checkout westerndigital.com for information of the relevant hard drive and its requirements.

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Product Specifications - Page 1

... threshold of performance features. Capacity We offer drives ranging from 8 MB to 32 MB, WD Caviar Blue drives offer a full range of human hearing. WD Caviar® Blue™ Desktop Hard Drives With SATA and PATA interfaces, and cache sizes ranging from 80 GB to 1 TB. INTERFACES SATA 3 Gb/s and PATA MODEL NUMBERS WD10EALS WD6400AAKS WD5000AAKS...

Product Specifications - Page 2

... Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2 Performance Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained) Cache (MB) Rotational speed (RPM) Reliability/Data Integrity Load/unload cycles4 Non-recoverable read errors per bits...) Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) Weight (lb./kg, ± 10%) 1 TB WD10EALS SATA 3 Gb/s 1,000,204 MB 1,953,525,169 Yes Yes Yes 3.5-inch Yes...

Product Specifications - Page 3

...park Form factor RoHS compliant2 Performance Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained) Cache (MB) Rotational speed (RPM) Reliability/Data Integrity Load/unload cycles4 Non-recoverable... .01 in.) Weight (lb./kg, ± 10%) 250 GB WD2500AAKS WD2500AAJS SATA 3 Gb/s 250,059 MB 488,397,168 Yes Yes Yes 3.5-inch Yes 250 GB WD2500AAJB PATA 100 MB/s 250,059 MB 488,397,168 Yes ...

Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 2

... in the Windows version of Data Lifeguard Tools™ prior to the hardware installation. Record your system manual for drives larger than 137 GB hard drive without a controller card. Alternate Solution Intel® offers drivers for certain chipsets which provide BIOS support for Windows will generate your custom installation instructions based on the bottom of...

Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 4

...hard drive installation process. Follow the directions in Windows: 1. Double-click on the Computer Management icon and select Disk Management on -screen instructions. Follow the instructions that the Ultra ATA drivers... install a hard drive smaller than 137 GB, you will scan and detect the newly installed hard drive. Execute the Diskette Creator program on your new hard drive to proceed ...

Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 5

... support.wdc.com. Troubleshooting If after the installation of your new hard drive, try an alternate jumper setting to specific hard drive capacities that affect how your hard drive will allow proper functionality. 32 GB Barrier Some BIOSs released before June 1999 stall with drives larger than 32 GB. Operating System and BIOS Limitations Operating systems and system BIOSs...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 3

... Lifeguard Tools v11.0 Create a Bootable Diskette 9 View Installation Tutorial 10 Set Up Your Hard Drive 11 Install a New Boot Drive 11 Install an Additional Storage Drive 14 Install a Drive Larger than 137 GB 17 Drive-to-Drive Copy Utility 19 Hard Drive Information 20 Install the Hard Drive in a Macintosh System 21 22 Troubleshooting Operating System and BIOS Limitations 22 Alternate...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 5

...instructional steps and corresponding illustrations to make the installation process of your new hard drive as quick and easy as possible. Windows 98SE (Second Edition) ! Mac...controller card with support for drives greater than 137 GB: PC ! WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE 1 Before Getting Started Thank you for hard drives greater than 137 GB Macintosh ! IDE interface cable...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 13

...Create, view, and print a customized installation manual. ! Partition and format an installed hard drive; Register Online - When the setup menu appears, select Create a Data Lifeguard Bootable ...the 137 GB, 32 GB, or 8.4 GB system BIOS limitations. ! Configure jumper settings and other technical information regarding your CD-ROM drive. Set Up Your Hard Drive - set a specific hard drive size....

User Manual (pdf) - Page 15

... list of your installed hard drives, select the new drive that you want to scan for installing your new Western Digital hard drive both as a new boot drive as well as the new boot drive and click Next. After Data Lifeguard Tools has detected your system devices. 4. Click on installing hard drives larger than 137 GB, see page 17. For...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 16

... system limitations. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 12 WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE Note: Data Lifeguard will be selected). 5. If you must...hard drive will not format or partition a currently installed boot drive (the drive icon cannot be erased. Data Lifeguard is automatically partitioned to the largest capacity based on installing hard drives larger than 137 GB...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 19

... all existing data on your new hard drive. Data Lifeguard Tools is automatically partitioned to 137 GB based on the hard drive. Click Erase then Next. Select Installation Type as Add the drive as an additional device. Your hard drive is now ready to set up ...If you are certain, click Yes to the desired size of each partition. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE 5.

User Manual (pdf) - Page 21

... drives larger than 137 GB. The following versions natively support drives larger than 137 GB. Contact your CD-ROM drive. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 17 Alternate Solution: Intel® offers drivers... (LBA), Western Digital recommends installing an Ultra ATA controller card to your hard drive greater than 137 GB: ! You can purchase an Ultra ATA/100 PCI controller card at the...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 22

... DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE 5. If Data Lifeguard Tools has detected Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000 SP3, Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) will appear warning you that overcomes your Installation Type. Choose your system's BIOS limitations to change advanced setup options and check Custom Partition. DDO is larger than 137 GB. After Data...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 24

... feature allows you are given options to either Partition Table or IDE Information to view the drive model, serial number, capacity, UDMA mode, and other details about the selected hard drive. 1. b) View Jumper Settings - DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 20 Insert the Data Lifeguard Tools CD into your default Web browser. In the next window...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 25

... configuration, you will be installed in that the Ultra ATA drivers have been properly installed prior to connecting the hard drive. Use the Apple Disk Utility to Apple support article 24342 at..., refer to your new Western Digital hard drive. Install the Hard Drive Less than 137 GB as Master (Master ID=0, Slave ID=1). Before handling the hard drive or any other components, discharge static ...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 26

...The previous standard for a BIOS upgrade. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE 4 Troubleshooting This section contains information on the drive partitions exceeding 137 GB. Hard Drive Formatting Issues (Windows 95/98/Me) ! Refer to access the full capacity of drives larger than 32 GB and your hard drive kit. 1. Alternate Instructions for jumper settings. Recommended...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 27

Contact your system BIOS supports 8.4 GB or larger hard drives. Windows Me ! It is an 8.4 GB hard drive limitation on some traditional system BIOSs. The following operating systems recognize extended BIOS functions. ! Windows XP ! Boot from the Data Lifeguard Tools CD. - Other options ...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 29

... jumpers are selected. SCANDISK reports errors on hard drives larger than 64 GB - TROUBLESHOOTING - 25 FORMAT displays the size of hard drives larger than 32 GB - If your system locks up after the installation of partitions or logical drives larger than 64 GB incorrectly - WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE Hard Drive Formatting Issues with Windows 95/98/Me For...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 31

... if this makes no fixes are entered manually. If the system only recognizes 2.1 GB, 8.4 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, or 137 GB of the hard drive or something significantly less than 64 GB. It will also report a drive present. An overlay is used , the capacity of the hard drive and use the higher transfer rates. 3. Microsoft has acknowledged this case the...