This seems like the quickest solution, thanks! I found the Legacy setting in BIOS under Drives, SATA Operations (on a Dell OptiPlex 745) Win98 sees the dvd now. I'll try to review the other options later: Bart PE, TrueImage, and USB memory stick. On Jan 10, 2007, at 1:55 PM, Joe Besko wrote: > Have tried setting the BIOS setting to Legacy or Combination mode? > This > may buy you some time and let the drive look like an IDE drive. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Joe Besko Phone: 517.432.5335