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    Aug 17, 2007, 10:23 AM
    Explorer does not recognize optical drives (win 98 se)
    I have a Win 98 SE system. This morning was unable to access d: or e: drive (Optical drives). Have had them installed for some time, both have LED indicator lighting that appears normal and both loading trays open and shut normally. Appears to be a software glitch. No recent hardware or software changes.

    System will still recognize A drive (floppy) C drive (HD) and USB thumb drive if installed.

    Noticed that device manager only list floppy, HD and USB thumb drive.

    Noticed that device manager for the Hard Disc controller lists the yellow exclamation point caution for ! Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)

    Have tried rebooting and run regclean.

    No other symptoms noticed.

    Thanks in advance

    Bern

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