Try a different CD drive.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"Joe K" wrote in message
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I helped someone with a win98. I could not get the cdrom working. I
turned off computer ,unplugged cdrom and then plugged it back in and
turned on computer and it doesn't recognize it.It's not in the device
manager.
How do I troubleshoot?
Before doing this I did a virus scan and cleaned out the computer. I
did
a sypware removal and a registry cleaning.