I had similar problem before my win95 crashed (Just without the CD-ROM
access problem).  It sounds like win95 system problem to me (not everbody
else fault but bill gates')
The best way to solve it is format C drive and do everything again.  (If you
can make a cd-rom boot disk and get all s/w installation cd/disks and have
data backup)
If i can think anything else, I'll tell you.

Good luck

casey marion wrote:

> Hi all, I was recently called to a friend's house to help them with a
> problem they were having.  Their computer, P-100 on a VX AOpen board,
> kept getting "Illegal Operation" codes followed by a really buggy
> system.  Explorer.exe would not work, IE3 would not work, and the CD-ROM
> would not access.
> I opened the case and checked all the cables. CD-ROM on Sec., IDE, so I
> slaved it to the Prim., IDE on the HDD.CD worked! But, then the A-drive
> quit working??
> Nothing I've tried would get the a-drive to work.  I tried three
> different cable, and another "working" a-drive.  Rebooted, and the CD
> isn't recognized by WIN95 (b) anymore!
> Checked system device mgr., and the secondary IDE shows a conflict.
> Removed and re-installed IDE HDD controllers.
> And, still, no luck.  CD not recognized on sec., IDE/ A: will not read,
> locks if try to access/ machine won't boot if CD slaved to Primary IDE
> on HDD cable.
> Afraid to reformat because I have no floppy access andno CD-ROM access.
> Thoughts? it's a fairly new mobo [1 yr., old] and shouldn't be going
> bad, but my next move might be a new mobo for them . . .
> This problem originally started out as software related