finally figured it out : missed a registry entry HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer...
This should further the problem: Switched cables with no effect.. put in another cdrom drive, a 24x as the master...same problem, so it's not...
Tried the disks in another puter...worked fine...tried drive in another puter...worked fine...switched drive location on IDE's...no...
I can "see" the drive in Explorer, but it will not read the contents... the cd's work fine in another computer and all cd's work in this drive...
the cd's are factory Microsoft issued pieces: Windows 98 full version and Office 2000. the Cd rom drive is only about 8 months old and a 56X AGI....
I forgot to mention that I've tried to boot from both the cd and in dos... It won't recognise the cd when it's either the win98 or office 2000......
cdrom drive will read audio and some data cd's but will not read the win98 full cd or even the office 2000 cd... I've double checked in my...
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