Originally Posted by TripleRLtd
You certainly have more problems then just a CD drive not being detected. So, do you have all the "driver" disks and the original 98CD? If so, boot up into safe mode and remove the following devices in Device Manager: IDE Controller\Intel Ultra ATA Controller (dual fifo) (It should say something to that effect). If it says Creative IDE, it means that the sound card has an ATAPI connection, but geesh, that would be a much older card than the one that should go into a system as "new" as yours seems to be. Then, scroll down to System Devices and remove Pnp Bios. What we need to do is allow windows to redetect all your hardware again and make the installation "better". Are n comfortable doing this sort of thing?