Hello Mike, it is a lovely day today. 

 MR> Hmmm, this happened to me the other day but I don't remember what
 MR> steps I took to fix it. I think keeping track of how many IDE drivers
 MR> are loaded, as each controller requires one.

        When I used my ERD with the OAK make CD-ROM useable on booting
        in DOS and I could then see the CD device and use it, I knew
        that the device and connection were good.

        My next step was to un-install the IDE controller as the Manager
        showed that yellow ! on it and on the two IDE channels. I
        restarted the machine but they were not validated even if the OS
        saw them.  So, I gave it a new OS and that was the solution. The
        CD is now running fine. But why would it loose it in the first
        place ????

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