First post, by Phlum
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Hey guys. Obligatory "not sure if right place but gonna post it anyway" malarkey...
So, I recently built a beautiful Windows 98 SE machine to play all my games. Aside from the well-documented shutdown hang, it seems to have been working fine - just a few missing drivers that I've yet to track down, but nothing that would cause any problems. Until today, when I started it up and tried to put in a disc. Long story short, I can't access My Computer if there's a disc drive present; it simply shows the "searching for folders" animation repeatedly. If not (i.e. if they're disabled in BIOS), then it's all hunky-dory.
There are two disc drives in my machine, a CD-ROM drive and a DVD-ROM drive. Both manufactured by LG, if it makes a difference. I can't tell you much more, since at this point, I can't even seem to access Device Manager while they're active. The computer is running Windows 98 SE with the latest updates and the unofficial service pack. This behaviour only started happening today, and the last disc that seemed to work before it all crapped out was Jazz Jackrabbit CD-ROM. (Again, if that makes a difference at all.)
I don't even know where to begin diagnosing this issue, let alone fixing it. Anyone got any ideas?