Thanks everyone who has offered advice,
I've found I can read data CDs fine if I start Win98 in command-line prompt
mode, in other words Win98 GUI is never started, sorta like Magic's idea
of using an emergency rescue disk. Unfortunately if I then fire up win98
it goes back to being identified
Make a Windows Emergency Boot Disk, then restart the system using this disc
and select "Start computer with CD-ROM support", If you can read CDs then,
you have a problem with your installation of Windows. My first course of
action would be to retrieve the file CDFS.VXD from the Windows CD (from
Try going into the program that comes up when you insert the CD, and turn
off auto play when CD is inserted. Then insert the CD and see if you can
read it with Windows Explorer.
-- Martin
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friend I'm visiting end of march. I did install AOL 5.0 trial recently but surely
they couldn't have sent an infected CD out!!!
Well, AOL 5.0 has been known to conflict with virtually everything on earth
apart from itself. In fact, tech support departments regularly tell users
to call AOL
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check out the newsgroups
alt.cdr
alt.cdrom
From: J. Coon
check out the newsgroups
alt.cdr
alt.cdrom
alt.comp.periphs.cdr
The last one has tons of messages. ... or is it tonnes?
It depends if you mean 2000 lbs of messages or 1000 kg of messages. :-)
Rick.
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