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From: Rod Speed
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 02:02

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Michael <no _spam@not.today.au> wrote in
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> I unistalled a few programs and now all heck has broken loose on my puter.

> My hard drives are in ms-dos compatability mode and my cd drives
> have dissappeared from "my computer" and device manager.

Good trick.

> Any ideas on how to fix this problem?

Probably best to try installing Win98SE over the current installation.
You shouldnt lose anything doing that but it would be best to backup
anything that you will slash your wrists if you lose first.

> System:
> Win98se
> Primary master Seagate 20.5 G
> primary slave Ricoh 31x12x10
> Secondary master Quantum 2.5 G
> secondary slave Sony 24x
> Celeron 450
> BX m/b
> 128 Mb RAM

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