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Windows question...?



It likely means that the ide controller you have installed will not support that hdd to its fullest size.  I belive once you pass 120gig you need a special controller.  I could be wrong, my biggest hdd is 35gig =)

-miah

On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 10:04:19PM -0400, kgleason.ma.ultranet at rcn.com wrote:
> I recently installed a Maxtor ultra series 160G hard drive on my wife's old
> Acer system. Moved up to Win98Se but now am receiving a dialog box at
> startup that says I don't have a "PCI Mass Storage Controller". What is it,
> how do I get it if I really need it?
> Thanks for your help!
> Kevin
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