98 to 2K Incompatible Hard Disk Controller

From: Sylvia (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/25/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:50:14 -0800

I'm doing an upgrade from Win 98 to Win 2K. The Upgrade
Report listed several programs with locations and names
that were incompatible and I've removed them. It also
tells me several hard ware devices - printers, scanners,
etc that I need new drivers for and I have those. But....
I get this item in the report "Incompatible hard Disk
Controller" which then proceeds to tell me that setup does
not have a driver for the hard disk controller on the
system and if I continue without a Win 2K version - 95 or
98 will not do, setup might fail.

The controller is an Intel 82371AB/EB PCI BUS master IDE
Controller which is on the compatibility list. I've been
to the Dell site and they do not show any updated drivers
for this, not does the Intel site. Frankly I'm not sure
if I'm even looking for the right driver but this is the
only *controller* driver in my hardware list. Is this
message an anomaly and everything will work fine (hah!) or
where might I search for this driver??? Someone suggested
I do a clean install and this problem won't happen but, as
everyone else doing an upgrade, the process of
reinstalling all the apps will be a pain in this instance.

Thanks for any ideas anyone may have.

Sylvia

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