Issue: Systems that are configured with a 2.5 GB Western Digital Hard Drive (part number HDDIDE018AAWW) may present an error message such as: cannot read from drive D or cannot open or find file necessary for this application. These errors occur when using applications that require the CD to be in the drive to function.

Resolution: Because the hard drive is partitioned into two drives, the CD-ROM is now drive E rather than D. Some software may look for the CD on the D Drive.

Resolving this issue requires modifying the Windows 95 Registry.

1. Choose START, RUN, and type in REGEDIT.
2. Choose EDIT, FIND, and type in "D:\". Then click on FIND NEXT.
3. When an entry is found, secondary click on the key, and choose modify.
4. From the modify screen, change the "D:\" to "E:\". Leave the rest of the entry the same so that the path(s) is(are) not modified. Choose OK to save the changes.
5. Hit Function key "F3" to find the next instance, and repeat steps 3 and 4.
6. Continue these steps until the message "Finished searching registry" appears.
7. Exit REGEDIT, and restart the system to make sure the changes take effect.

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