you should be able to operate windows with keyboard only. go to control
panel, add/remove hardware, that will normally bring the mouse up.

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell & Evelyn Griechen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 4:41 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Hot Swapping Mouse...trouble???


> I installed an Optical Mouse and later  formatted the hard drive,
installed
> Windows and of course the mouse no longer worked during the installation
> process.  I hot swapped the MS mouse.
> Nothing worked properly
> Preparatory to formatting I had copied to C drive to the D partition. I re
> formatted and copied the os on the D drive and it would work
> One guru said that I had not ruined my mo board...only the mouse
> portion...to disable it and enable the PS 2  mouse.  I found no way to
> disable it but the Bios had an enabling feature...already enabled.

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