Sounds like a driver problem... I have done the same thing...
There is a good chance the "new" OS needs to have the modem manually
installed with drivers that came with the modem (or from a WEB site somewhere...)

I very often "pull" a modem when doing an install of an OS...  Especially newer
(software based) modems used on older OSs...

Side note: Depending on how "main stream" the hardware is, it is sometimes
a good idea to strip down a machine (at least slightly) before installing the OS...
(I had a "drive letter" problem with a ZIP drive and WinXP-Pro for example...)

                                                     Rick Glazier


----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Smith" <[log in to unmask]>

My father has an odd problem.

He uses tray assemblies for 3 hard drives.

One hard drive running Win98SE shows the computer's internal modem on Com 3. He is able to connect to the internet and surf and send
emails etc.

He has bought another hard drive, had it installed in a tray and has formatted it and installed Win98SE. Everything seems to be
working well except there is NO Com 3. The OS on this hard drive cannot detect the modem. It cannot have been unseated because when
you replace the old hard drive in the tray, Com 3 and the modem has returned.

I don't have the complete specs for this computer (Sorry). It does has a 56 K internal conextant modem, 256mb RAM. The Hard drive
that "works" is a 10 Gig, and the one that "doesn't work" is a 40 Gig.

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