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Richard - 20 Aug 2003 10:23 GMT

Hi
I have had windows 98se running on my old machine, a
233MHz beast that became too slow to tolerate. On
upgrading the motherboard to a Gigabyte GA-8LD533 and a
new Maxtor 40G 7200 HD and reinstalling the OS, the CD is
not showing up. It is there in the BIOS but not in
Windows. I have been through the knowledge base and tried
everything there that I can find to no avail.

Please help. It is Mum's computer and she wants it back.

thanks
Richard

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Ron Badour - 20 Aug 2003 15:53 GMT

1. Do you have Tweak UI installed? If so, go to My Computer tab and
put marks in all drives.

2. Check for a lastdrive statement in the config.sys file and if it
exists, make sure it reads: lastdrive=z

3. Run regedit.exe and open it to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

In the right pane, look for a last drive statement and make sure it
reads "Z"

4. Control panel, system, performance tab: is there any comment about
MSDos compatibility mode?

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Ron Badour, MS MVP W98 System
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> Hi
> I have had windows 98se running on my old machine, a
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> thanks
> Richard

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