my daughters 5522 preserio quit with HD problems. My attempts to rescue it have failed too. About the only thing I think I could salvage is the CD. Is it going to respond to PnP if I use it in another machine? Also, can anyone tell me the procedure for win98 se DMI pool errors? I used to know but have forgotten; I'm old you see. Great forum!

DMI pool problems http://www.maxtor.com/products/DiamondMax/techsupport/InformationBulletins/15007.html http://www.dewassoc.com/support/win98/verify_dmi_data.htm Also, here are some other things to try #1 boot from floppy and type sys c: #2 You need to reset the DMI pool. Get into your bios (it will tell you the "press soandso key for setup" when you cold boot), and then go to device configuration and enable the reset configuration. (I'm guessing it's an award bios.)If all else fails, reset the cmos jumper. The probability is your devices don't match the current DMI pool. #3 Turn exterior and interior caches off/on #4 Set all hard drives to 'auto detect' #5 1. Start the system in diagnostic mode, i.e., Ctrl key pressed while booting up (F8 for Win95). 2. Select 'Step-by-step'. 3. Go through the process and look for any driver that's suspicious. Chances are good that the culprit will appear toward the end of the sequence. 4. If the bootup process is successful, and once you are in Windows again, run Regedit and delete the folder that refers to this driver (Start > Run > "regedit" > Edit > Find; type the name of the driver in Find What box). 5. If unsuccessful, repeat step 1 through 3 and try a different driver.

Thanks Sam. You're the 'non-gender-specific' person . . . doesn't sound the same. U know what I mean? Thanks.