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>From: Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Vintage Macs)
>Subject: Re: More about the Whiney Drives
>Date: Fri, Aug 2, 2002, 7:39 PM
>
> Ehm, no. Those utils simply ease and automate the
> process that otherwise takes FDISK, FORMAT and 2 or
> 3 reboots. The only time a "driver" is needed on a
> PC is when you have an older PC with one of the
> drive size limits in the BIOS and a drive bigger
> than the specific limit on that particular PC.
>
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> http://www.junkscience.com "All the Junk that's fit to Debunk!"
Sorry, Greg.
I just set up an AMD 1.2 Ghz box from the year 2002.
It requires drivers for the DVD, Modem, Board chips like the VIA PC-133
chip, on-board sound, modem hard disk, and etc.
Drivers are not obsolete, yet.
Jeff
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