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This item is from the Yet Another Enhanced IDE/Fast-ATA/ATA-2 FAQ, by John Wehman and Peter den Haan with numerous contributions by others. (v1.92).

08.12. Help! Win95 indicates my drive uses compatibility mode!

The culprit usually is a virus. Do get a recent virus scanner.

If that turns out negative, it may also be DOS (real-mode) driver that loads in the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT, or an old version of EZDrive/Disk Manager loading from the MBR.

 

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