Greetings--
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From: "Bradley Marden" <[log in to unmask]>

> Hello i recently accquired an old computer 486sx. Not really
interested in using the computer just the hard drive. I want to use it
as a small second hard drive for music. The problem is when i put it
in this computer as a slave to the main hd and started up the computer
it reads it as a slave drive and begins to post. But hangs up after it
loads the cd-rom driver.
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Is the computer loading the CD-ROM driver from config.sys &
autoexec.bat?  This is probably not
necessary if the CD is current.  Win98 should be able to handle it
without loading 'DOS-level'
drivers.  In any case, since it seems to hang at the point where the
CD drivers load, you may need
to reassign the CD-ROM's drive letter.  Go to the Device Manager, open
up the CD-ROM area, go to
the specific device properties pages, then the settings tab.  At the
bottom, assign a 'start' and 'end' drive letter higher in the alphabet
than the hard disks.  Just be aware that programs expecting to use
a CD at the previous location may not work unless re-installed or with
the appropriate ini file or
registry key(s) adjusted.  (Sometimes it is easier to edit an ini file
than to reinstall, but this is not
always the case.)

HTH,

Paul A. Shippert                Library/Media Specialist
            Margaret Brent Middle School
"It seems like those of us who stand up for what's right
just make bigger targets."

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