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"You may not be able to access a compact disc if the
wrong speed is set in Windows 95. - article Q137114 "
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q137/1/14.asp
            Rick Glazier

Mike Bridges <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>A freind has brought me his Pentium Pro 150 running windows95a
>with 48MB of ram.The problem is with the CD-Roms.There are 2.
>One is on IDE1 with the WD Caviar 1.6 G HD and the other is on
>IDE2.These drives will read audio and multimedia CD's but will
>not run some installation programs.
>When I tried to install Microsoft PLUS and another Microsoft
>greeting
>card program the installation starts to run but shortly gives me a
>message stating"installation not completed."There are several others
>I have also tried to install with no success.
> These drives have no name on them anywhere.I do have the original
>driver disk for them.I have removed them form the device manager,let
>windows reconize them and installeed them manually from the list
>.Nothing seems to work.I have never seen a drive that will run a
>program but will not run a installation.
> Any help is appreciated.
>Mike Bridges
>http://www.mikescustomww.com




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