The obvious of add / remove hardware (detect new hardware)
Also - Go in under safe mode, go into the devices, make sure they are all listed, and delete the CD Rom reference in the device manager. Reboot, and see if it redetects the thing... (automatically or via an add new hardware route).
It is helpful if you have a copy of Windows 98 CD on the HD first - Just in case.
Oh - And does the thing work under DOS? (assuming that this is an IDE CD-ROM rather than a PCMCIA device).
(Windows 98 boot disks will generally pick up most CD-ROM devices on the system automatically - errm, if you have one - failing that I could probably send you an image that you could burn for a bootable CD - odd as it may seem, another way to test it if you can!).
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Date: 2002-06-06 09:22 am (UTC)Also - Go in under safe mode, go into the devices, make sure they are all listed, and delete the CD Rom reference in the device manager. Reboot, and see if it redetects the thing... (automatically or via an add new hardware route).
It is helpful if you have a copy of Windows 98 CD on the HD first - Just in case.
Oh - And does the thing work under DOS? (assuming that this is an IDE CD-ROM rather than a PCMCIA device).
(Windows 98 boot disks will generally pick up most CD-ROM devices on the system automatically - errm, if you have one - failing that I could probably send you an image that you could burn for a bootable CD - odd as it may seem, another way to test it if you can!).
Laterz - My 2 pence as an IT Tech.