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From: gordons@dbase.a-t.com (Gordon Storga)
Subject: Problems with Connor drive and Everex card
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I recently purchased a Connor 200MB drive model 3204.  I bought an Everex
IDE card to go with it, model EV-8120-01.  Since then I have had some
problems.

First, none of my disk caching software will work properly with the drive.
The drive is always slower after loading the cache.
Second, I occasionally get an error reading drive C (the Connor) if I'm
running a disk intensive program.  When I press 'r' for 'Retry' after the
error, the operation continues fine.  Very intermittent.
Third, I understand from a friend, that disk de-fragmenting software (like
Norton's) can damage the cache of the Connor drive.  I haven't been able
to contact Connor about this last one.

Does anyone out there have sugggestions or familiarity with the above
problems?  Any help would be appreciated.  E-mail is fine.

BTW, I'm using Compaq DOS 3.31.

Thanks in advance,
Gordon