The KB note refers specifically to CD drives (DVD wasn't invented then?) but at least in Win2K and WinXP you can use the same method for any drive. I don't have an older system up to check it out, but you should be able to do the same thing for a hard drive in Win98 or WinME. Your hard drives should show once you get to Device Manager, and what you can do will depend on what options are offered.

The details may vary, but at least it suggests a place to look.

The older option was to put a bunch of SET commands in Autoexec.bat, and I believe WinME still lets you use one, but that can get really messy.

John