toshiba dvd driver

Wow, this one has escalated.

Well the good news is that IBM have agreed to send me a Thinkpad Windows 98 CD. Going back to the start, if DVD player could play 3rd party software before reinstall then hopefully if I do a reinstall with the TP CD I should be back to where I started all those moons ago.
I am also downloading Direct X 9.0b to see if this makes any difference.

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Originally Posted by NooNoo

The reload would break the connections in the registry, the files in d:\program files would no longer be registered in the new registry. However, the program files will ALL still be there.

If they are missing then you have something else going on.... like someone deleting them, viral activity or something very strange.

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As far as the above is concerned, if connections are broken to the registry would it still be possible to open the programmes?
Also I checked with Norton disc doctor and win doctor and nothing was found apart from the shell extensions MS office mentioned previously. Maybe i should do another virus scan?

No, the programs would fail with some error or other.

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Originally Posted by NooNoo

No, the programs would fail with some error or other.

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Unfortunately IBM will not send me a TP Win98 CD for various bureaucratic reasons.
I did another reinstall as before but the existing programs are still functioning?
Are there various types of reinstall? This one just seems to overwrite the OS rather than deleting anything?
However powerdvd and windvd still don't recognise the disc in the drive as dvd - the disk starts spinning and brings up the programme interface but that is all.