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  1. November 19th, 2003, 11:30 AM #1
    paul.rowling
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    Win98 Doesn't Detect CD ROM Drive

    Hi,

    I've just changed the motherboard in a pc as part of an upgrade. I have left the current OS intact on the hard drive. The machine boots OK and inevitably finds all the new hardware, but I can't install any of the drivers as the CD drive isn't detected. The BIOS detects the drive no problem, but Windows doesn't.

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  2. November 19th, 2003, 11:38 AM #2
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    Ok what version of windows is it? are there any drivers being loaded in the autoexec.bat or config.sys? A quick way around it in Win9x series is to load a driver in those files (autoexec.bat and config.sys) so you can update the drivers for the motherboard among other things... (but I'm sure Noo or Triple has something much more interesting in store :P )
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  3. November 19th, 2003, 11:48 AM #3
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    The OS is Windows 98 First Edition. I have checked the autoexec.bat and config.sys, but there isn't anything unusual in there.

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  4. November 19th, 2003, 01:09 PM #4
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    You said you changed the motherboard as part of an upgrade.... You probably need to boot to safe mode and remove all the devices from the device manager and redetect everything.... Make sure you have all the drivers though. Or at the very least remove all the drivers for the motherboard stuff( including the hard drive controllers )
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  5. November 19th, 2003, 01:54 PM #5
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    I think Shard is on the right track on this one..you might try removing the IDE controllers and rebooting..although sometimes you need to re-install windows to get it to start picking things up, especially with Win98 first edition if it was originally installed as an upgrade to win 95
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  6. November 19th, 2003, 02:12 PM #6
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    Shard's advice would ahve been my next post :P
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  7. November 19th, 2003, 04:15 PM #7
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    Hi Guys,

    I've had to install Win 98 SE over the top to get it to work, thanks for all your posts though.

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  8. November 20th, 2003, 11:55 AM #8
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    I have a quick question for you... first of all did the previous install have up to date patches installed, like IE6? If so, after doing the overtop install did you encounter any problems? (ie, MSN messenger won't load or windowsupdate won't load due to activeX security problems)
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