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This may be "too simple an answer", but do you have a recent
registry backup to restore instead of "all" of Windows?
I have done this on purpose to see if it works, and it always
did for me on "Bus Master Driver" mother boards. Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Cassel" <[log in to unmask]>
> Help!! Due to a major act of stupidity on my part (long story), I have
> deleted my Primary and secondary IDE controllers. System;
> Abit BX 6 Rev2
> Maxtor 13.6 gig HD (primary master)
> Asus 40X CD (secondary master)
> HP 7570 CD-R (secondary slave)
> Win 98
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> BIOS detects HD on Primary 1. Both IDE controllers enabled in BIOS.
> Red x's on primary and secondary IDE controllers in device manager.
> Says no drivers installed for device in both, Points to mchdc.inf (in
> Windows INF folder) when trying to update drivers. Get a "windows
> couldn't install error" with an error 69 message when trying to
> install. I have pointed it at backups of mshdc.inf with the same
> result.
>
> It sees HD (drives C-L) and functions, but fails to detect the two CD's
> on secondary. Same problem in DOS. Am I stuck with a complete
> reinstall of Windows? Help!!
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