{"id":1652,"date":"2025-02-01T21:13:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T03:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zewwy.ca\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2025-02-01T21:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T03:13:44","slug":"retro-pc-no-ide-based-cdrom-in-windows-98-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/retro-pc-no-ide-based-cdrom-in-windows-98-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro PC, NO IDE based CDROM in Windows 98\/ME"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I decided to boot up my old Retro PC. To my dismay, when I booted my Windows 98 or ME instances, I noticed that the CDROM was not showing, it would show up in the BIOS, and if I booted MS DOS 6.22 MSCDEX and all the config work I had done there was still working (so I knew it wasn’t a hardware issue).<\/p>\n

The two OSs would boot just fine, and no matter how much I played with the BIOS configurations for the IDE channels the result was the same.<\/p>\n

I knew I had the proper drivers on them OS’s cause I had everything working previously so I was a bit stumped at this point. I was about to give up, but I really wanted to play some Road Rash.. I checked many threads on the matter, and most of it simply stated to delete the IDE device and let windows reinstall it at next boot, even if I used the standard Microsoft drivers or the NVDIA nForce drivers, the result was the same, NO CDROM.<\/p>\n

I then found this thread<\/a>, and the final answer at the end actually worked…<\/p>\n

“Troubleshooting MS-DOS Compatibility Mode on Hard Disks (Q130179)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q130179<\/a><\/div>\n

It was under:
\nResolution…..
\n4…..
\nd. Check for the NOIDE value in the registry under:
\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\VxD\\IOS
\nThe NOIDE value is placed in the registry when the protected-mode driver for the IDE Controller is not properly initialized.<\/p>\n

For additional information about how to troubleshoot NOIDE, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:<\/p>\n

Q151911 MS-DOS Compatibility Mode Problems with PCI IDE Controllers
\n===============================<\/p>\n

It had me delete the NOIDE value and reboot. ”<\/p>\n

Like…. what? I’ve never seen this before, what a weird problem and solution. I love how there are so many forums and threads alive today for even such old OS’s. Gotta love Retro gaming. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, I decided to boot up my old Retro PC. To my dismay, when I booted my Windows 98 or ME instances, I noticed that the CDROM was not showing, it would show up in the BIOS, and if I booted MS DOS 6.22 MSCDEX and all the config work I had done there was … <\/p>\n

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