When I startup most of the time I keep losing the CD ROM and DVD Drives -
they do not appear - are not functional.
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GJ

Try removing one drive (and rejumper to "master" or "standalone") and
reboot. Isolate the issue to the drive, cable, IDE buss etc.

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"GJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I startup most of the time I keep losing the CD ROM and DVD Drives -
> they do not appear - are not functional.
> --
> GJ