Old School! OS/2 Drive Help?

Wolkersdorfer2 · May 1, 2019

Hey, New to the Forum. I think I read the rules and will include as much info as I can.

I have a old machine (not a home PC) that is running a OS/2 operating system. We load files onto the machine via a CD Rom drive that uses a IDE Interface. Recently that CD Rom drive failed mechanically. I bought a new SATA CD Rom drive and a SATA to IDE adapter. I replaced the drive and everything was perfect, for a couple of weeks. Now the E drive (CD ROM) will either not show up under "DRIVES" or will display the error "The drive or diskette is not formatted correctly".

The adapter (small PCB cheap off amazon) looks perfect still, and I can't imagine the ASUS CD ROM drive is broken. Any Ideas, or what more info would you guys need to help me out?

Thanks, guys.

Bubbles_TPB · May 1, 2019

Get a IDE CD-ROM drive on eBay for 20ish dollars.

Wolkersdorfer2 · May 2, 2019

1 hour ago, LukeTheCoder05 said:

Get a IDE CD-ROM drive on eBay for 20ish dollars.

I could try rolling the dice with a used cd rom drive that is likely as old as my broken one, But I have a new one that was working just fine for a while, my question was regarding why it stopped working.