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		Installing New Hard Drive Disables Protected Mode Device Driver by Carl Tenning I put a new 8 GB Western Digital hard drive in my computer, replacing two older drives. The slave drive, a Seagate 1.0 GB drive, was removed first. Then the contents of the previous master drive, a Western Digital 3 GB drive, was copied to the new drive using Power Quest's Drive Image and it copied fine. After the new drive was up and running alone, however, I got an error message on bootup that there was a drive compatibility problem and that Windows would be operating in the MS-DOS Compatibility mode instead of the faster 32-bit file access mode. Also, under System Properties, Device Manager, some of the devices under "Hard disk controllers" showed a Yellow question mark indicating that the driver was not functioning. Re-installing the device drivers did not correct the problem. I searched the internet for information concerning this problem and found quite a few places discussing the subject. Some required complicated and extensive registry editing to correct the problem. I found the best solution in a Western Digital technical note dated June 1998. Apparently Windows 95/98 puts a NOIDE entry in the registry when it detects a drive compatibility problem. By removing this entry, Windows will reinitialize the protected-mode IDE driver. Using RegEdit I removed the NOIDE entry and then rebooted the computer. On re-boot the computer, by going through its Plug and Play routines, restored the protected-mode IDE driver and my machine worked in the 32-bit file mode again.

		Viewing Web Pages Off-line Q. How Do I Capture A Webpage for Off-line Viewing? A. Here's how: a) Place cursor (arrow) on the page and press the right-hand button on your mouse (i.e. Right Click). This displays a menu with several options. Select (Left Click) View Source. This opens a window displaying a portion of the HTML code which created the displayed page. b) On this window's Task Bar select File, then select Save As... c) Remember that, in the window that opens, the filename and directory presented refer to those on the **page creator's computer, not yours. So you need to save it in a directory which is on your computer and with a filename which makes sense to you (such as C:\Windows\Junk\Myfile). It will be saved as an html file (i.e with an .html extension). d) If there are any graphics on the page they will not display off-line unless they are saved, as well. If you wish to save them for display on the page, off-line, place the cursor on the graphic and Right Click to open a menu window. Select Save Picture As.... In the window that opens change the directory name** to one of

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	your choice (i.e.C:\Windows\Junk) but *do not* change the filename. Left Click on Save . The graphic will be saved using its *existing* filename, which you want to happen because the html code for the page will refer to it by that filename, and it will be saved in same directory as the html file. e) Off-line, load your browser and enter C:\Windows\Junk\Myfile.html or whatever filename you saved in step c) above. f) If the page doesn't display automatically, press Enter or Go and the page will be displayed just as it was on-line.

	FOLLOW UP - Another Approach Viewing Pages Offline - Part 1 of 2 Offline viewing can save you time and bandwidth. You tell Internet Explorer 5 what pages to save to your hard drive, and the program does the rest. You can even specify how many pages to download and when, all through a handy wizard. Here's how: To mark the page you're currently browsing for offline viewing, select Favorites, Add To Favorites. Then, select Make Available Offline. To set options for offline viewing, click the Customize button and follow the instructions presented by the Offline Favorite Wizard. When you're done, click the Finish button. To update the page, select Tools, Synchronize. Viewing Pages Offline - Part 2 of 2 Above, we walked through setting up a page for viewing offline. Here's a recap: Select Favorites, Add To Favorites. Select Make Available Offline. To set options for offline viewing, click the Customize button and follow the instructions presented by the Offline Favorite Wizard. When you're done, click the Finish button. To view the page offline, first choose Tools, Synchronize. Then choose File, Work Offline (you can now disconnect your Dial-Up Networking connection, if you like). Open the page by selecting it from the Favorites menu. That's it.

	Caution! The above follow-up technique will download the page and all associated files, including all graphic displays and *all* other related files, without any further instructions from you, and whether you want them or not. Part of the Offline Wizard instructions will ask how many pages deep you want to copy. You would be wise to select the default of 1, otherwise you may download much more information (i.e. many more pages) than you really want to. If you are interested only in the text and one or two graphic files, you may wish to use the first method presented.