STEEM SSE v3.6.4 - doesn't like my "hard drives"

[Mug UK]

I've set up the latest one as the same error was happening in v3.60. I recently updated my PC to Windows 8.1 (running on an AMD Octa-core, 16gb of RAM and a 2Gb graphics card). That *should* be enough power to run STEEM SSE

However I cannot get it to boot up using my old STEEM h/drive folders inside my ST folder (on the root of C:). I have three of them: C: = C:\ST\drive_c, D: = C:\ST\drive_d and, oddly enough, E: = C:\ST\drive_e.

I can boot up floppy disk images without any hassles but as soon as I tell it to boot from the HD, it resets and goes into a "boot up, then die" loop.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

[Steven Seagal]

First question is, does it happen with other versions of Steem, like 3.2?

[Mug UK]

v3.6.0 was working fine (normal & boilerplate) on my old Windows 7 PC. But that went to the scrapyard and I got this machine as a replacement.

[Steven Seagal]

You know, I could debug this but not blindly.
I ask if it happens with v3.2 or older SSE so we know if it's a regression or not.
One other thing you could do is use the Boiler version of Steem, check log options 'Gemdos', 'Init' and look into TRACE.txt, steem.log for error messages.
As usual, try ST type, TOS version, hacks or not etc. and maybe check admin rights of your hd folders and test an apart fresh install of Steem.

[Mug UK]

Ok will do.

Sent by my Note III

[Mug UK]

I had a mess around with the settings and it would keep giving me 3 bombs once the memory test had completed (or I skipped past it).

Until, that is, I either switched off the option to "boot to C: if drive A: is empty" or was it because I also switched PASTI back on .. anyway, SSE 3.64 now works OK. So I'm not sure which fix worked. I'll have another play tomorrow night and see if I can work out which option caused it to work once more (TOS v2.06, 2MB of RAM and my three h/d "partitions").

I kept the TRACE.TXT file from my messing around with a few settings under SEE Boilerplate 3.63 in case you need them for checking out.