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Subject:	Re: Uncooperative CD-ROM drive
From:	Paul Jones <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:51:46 -0400
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At 09:37 AM 8/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm trying to install a new video card (3D Starfighter) into a customer's
>machine.
>However the Toshiba CD-ROM won't read all of the installation disk.  It
>reads the
>directory, but then says that the folders don't have any files in them!
>I can read
>the installation CD on other machines, but not this one.

Is the CD-ROM running in MS-DOS compatability mode (not ATAPI compliant)?
If it is an older one, this may cause the symptoms you describe.


J. Paul Jones
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