Thanks for the suggestions.  No matter what I tried, I kept running into
a brick wall.  Couldn't delete the controller completely.  Backup
registry no help.  Finally bit the bullet and tried a re-install of
Win98 without reformatting.  Surprise!!  It worked.  The only thing lost
in the install were the Video drivers and everything else was left
intact.  I hate to praise the devil, but Win 98 has been very stable for
me.  BTW, before I did the reinstall, I was able to gain access to the 2
CD's by installing the ASUS CD drivers.  They were able to read and
install, however no CD burning programs could find them.


Art Cassel

I previously screamed;

> 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
>
> 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!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Art Cassel
>

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