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I have an older PC, with Win 98 SE. I installed a network card, and when it restarted, I received an error message "Your multifunction device (Intel 823.... Bus Master IDE Controller) has some devices using 32-bit drivers and others using compatibility-mode drivers. This configuration is not supported, so your computer has been halted to prevent corruption..."
When I continued, I no longer have a CD drive. It's not showing up in My Computer or device manager.
If I boot into safe mode, I can't see the CD drive in My Computer, but I can see it in the device manager.

Any suggestions how I can fix this??
Thanks!
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And I should also have mentioned that before Windows starts up, I get a screen that says: "Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run Windows.....dfs.vxd"

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