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**HAL9000** · 01-19-2001, 03:17 PM

Boot to safe mode and remove EVERYTHING that can be removed in device manager to give yourself a clean start on hardware detection. BTW, make sure you have your Windows CAB files on the hard drive as you will not be able to access the CD-Rom when requested until the hard drive controller and CD-Rom are re-detected and the system rebooted.

01-19-2001, 03:17 PM	#2
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	Boot to safe mode and remove EVERYTHING that can be removed in device manager to give yourself a clean start on hardware detection. BTW, make sure you have your Windows CAB files on the hard drive as you will not be able to access the CD-Rom when requested until the hard drive controller and CD-Rom are re-detected and the system rebooted. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.