In an older machine, AMD K2-300, 256 mb RAM, I upgraded from 95 to 98SE. Machine ran great for a month or so with no problems. Then I installed a DVD recorder. Installed Nero, burned CD’s fine. So far, everything working great, no problems playing DVD’s. Installed DVD software and suddenly there are yellow exclamation points beside primary and secondary ide controllers, I am in compatibility mode, and the CD and DVD drives no longer show. CD and DVD drives both show in safe mode.
I have tried the noide solution, it just comes back on the next boot. I have tried uninstalling all the software that had been installed… no difference.
Hard drive is partitioned into three drives using Partition Magic and is on primary ide. DVD burner is master on secondary ide and CD is slave on secondary.
All help appreciated.