Ping: Noel - CDRTC.DLL
 

Noel:

After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before.
My only hope is replacement, but will it work?
What is the status on my report?

Harry.

Noel - CDRTC.DLL
 

Harry,

I still get the very same error message and
nothing changed from the way it was before.

Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions.

Just to recap :-

When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters,
according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected? (e.g.
A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,)

Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive letters?

Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS?

BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News
Groups.

Mart


"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Noel:

After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your
instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed
from the way it was before.
My only hope is replacement, but will it work?
What is the status on my report?

Harry.

Noel - CDRTC.DLL
 

Mart:

Thanks for the reply, but where is Noel? Hope he is not ill.
Concerning your question about my drives, I'm a bit at a loss, because of
what happened in between with my harddrive, if you can recall. When fixing
that, I came across a feature to partition unallocated space and I went
ahead to do that. It worked too, but in the process the new drive became 'E'
and CD-Rom went from 'E' to 'F', leaving the error messages unchanged.
Also I seem to recall CD-ROM being 'R/W' instead of just 'W'.
As for the rest of your question, I need specific instructions for producing
the required information. I did send my aida32-report to Noel with no
response.
To tell you the truth, I'm at the end of my tolerance and ready to replace
the CD-ROM drive in the hope this will fix it.
The exact error messages a
"The disk in drive F is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?"
Clicking on "Yes" brings up:
"This drive cannot be formatted".
Next I get the message:
"The disk in drive F cannot be formatted.."
An inserted disk is not recognized and , as a matter of fact, none of the
specific abilities/properties of the drive show up, including 'Format' and
'Eject', with eject still being listed and format not.

Harry.


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Harry,

I still get the very same error message and
nothing changed from the way it was before.

Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions.

Just to recap :-

When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters,
according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected?
(e.g.
A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,)

Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive
letters?

Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS?

BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News
Groups.

Mart


"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Noel:

After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your
instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed
from the way it was before.
My only hope is replacement, but will it work?
What is the status on my report?

Harry.

Noel - CDRTC.DLL
 

It must have escaped my attention, Mart, but how does one "confirm" the
CD-ROM (there's only one) in Real Mode DOS?
Somehow I have the suspicion, that's where the problem originated.

Harry.


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Harry,

I still get the very same error message and
nothing changed from the way it was before.

Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions.

Just to recap :-

When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters,
according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected?
(e.g.
A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,)

Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive
letters?

Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS?

BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News
Groups.

Mart


"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Noel:

After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your
instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed
from the way it was before.
My only hope is replacement, but will it work?
What is the status on my report?

Harry.

Noel - CDRTC.DLL
 

What in heck is "REAL MODE DOS"???? Is this Merkin-speak for something?

WinME doesn't have DOS. So pardon me if I ask you what in h*ll you are
talking about.

I think it is about time you took that machine into a tech who knows
what he is doing and forget mucking about yourself......you usually
screw it up good!! And then do another reinstall.....#65 coming up?? I
have lost track.

HF
"webster72n" wrote in message
...

It must have escaped my attention, Mart, but how does one "confirm"
the
CD-ROM (there's only one) in Real Mode DOS?
Somehow I have the suspicion, that's where the problem originated.

Harry.


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Harry,

I still get the very same error message and
nothing changed from the way it was before.

Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions.

Just to recap :-

When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive
letters,
according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected?
(e.g.
A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,)

Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive
letters?

Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS?

BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the
News
Groups.

Mart


"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Noel:

After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following
your
instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing
changed
from the way it was before.
My only hope is replacement, but will it work?
What is the status on my report?

Harry.

Noel - CDRTC.DLL
 

What'n the h*** are you raving about, Heather?
All you have to do is, look at Mart's last thread, I didn't make that up. As
for the rest of your comments, I can do without, thank you.

Harry.


"Heather" wrote in message
...
What in heck is "REAL MODE DOS"???? Is this Merkin-speak for something?

WinME doesn't have DOS. So pardon me if I ask you what in h*ll you are
talking about.

I think it is about time you took that machine into a tech who knows
what he is doing and forget mucking about yourself......you usually
screw it up good!! And then do another reinstall.....#65 coming up?? I
have lost track.

HF
"webster72n" wrote in message
...

It must have escaped my attention, Mart, but how does one "confirm"
the
CD-ROM (there's only one) in Real Mode DOS?
Somehow I have the suspicion, that's where the problem originated.

Harry.


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Harry,

I still get the very same error message and
nothing changed from the way it was before.

Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions.

Just to recap :-

When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive
letters,
according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected?
(e.g.
A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,)

Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive
letters?

Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS?

BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the
News
Groups.

Mart


"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Noel:

After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following
your
instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing
changed
from the way it was before.
My only hope is replacement, but will it work?
What is the status on my report?

Harry.

Noel - CDRTC.DLL
 

Mart:

In Safe Mode the "Compact Disk (F)" doesn't show as in windows.
In Device Manager the "Teac CD-W58E" is listed also
But it lost its ability to read and that's entirely possible, as mentioned
before. In that instance a replacement is the only solution.
As far as I am concerned: 'case closed!'

Harry.


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Harry,

I still get the very same error message and
nothing changed from the way it was before.

Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions.

Just to recap :-

When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters,
according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected?
(e.g.
A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,)

Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive
letters?

Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS?

BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News
Groups.

Mart


"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Noel:

After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your
instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed
from the way it was before.
My only hope is replacement, but will it work?
What is the status on my report?

Harry.

Noel - CDRTC.DLL
 

First a note to Heather :-

It's been a V E R Y L O N G trek Heather, - around the houses, but Harry
and I are (I hope) making some progress, albeit three forward and two back.
I hope to nail the issue of a 'suspect' CD-ROM (writer) so please bear with
me.

BTW - Real Mode DOS - as per WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk. Oh! and Harry, NOT
Safe Mode!!


Now to Harry, put your Error Report to one side for a moment - with a bit of
luck things *should* become clearer.

You need to try to determine whether the problem with your CD-ROM drive is a
WinMe/Software issue or a genuine 'faulty' CD-ROM and/or associated
cabling/connections.

Boot, using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk in the A: drive.
Select option 2. Start computer with CD-ROM support.

Let the screen information scroll until you eventually see a line which
should report a drive letter for your CD-ROM. You should be aware that the
drive letter may not necessarily the same letter as you would expect to see
in Windows.

For example, you may see the CD-ROM becoming the E:, so the screen should
show:
Drive E:= Driver MSCD001 UNIT 0
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E

When the boot disk finally settles down, you will be presented with an A:\
prompt.

Now put a 'good' data CD (e.g. cover disk from a magazine) into the CD-ROM
and at the A:\ prompt, type "E:"
(no quotes and note the colon after the letter E) Then Press Return.

Now, at the E:\ prompt, type "DIR /P" (no quotes and note the space) Then
press Return.

You should see a listing of the CD contents.

Come back with your results. Give EXACT errors reports - if any.

Mart



"webster72n" wrote in message
...

What'n the h*** are you raving about, Heather?
All you have to do is, look at Mart's last thread, I didn't make that up.
As
for the rest of your comments, I can do without, thank you.

Harry.


"Heather" wrote in message
...
What in heck is "REAL MODE DOS"???? Is this Merkin-speak for something?

WinME doesn't have DOS. So pardon me if I ask you what in h*ll you are
talking about.

I think it is about time you took that machine into a tech who knows
what he is doing and forget mucking about yourself......you usually
screw it up good!! And then do another reinstall.....#65 coming up?? I
have lost track.

HF
"webster72n" wrote in message
...

It must have escaped my attention, Mart, but how does one "confirm"
the
CD-ROM (there's only one) in Real Mode DOS?
Somehow I have the suspicion, that's where the problem originated.

Harry.


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Harry,

I still get the very same error message and
nothing changed from the way it was before.

Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions.

Just to recap :-

When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive
letters,
according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected?
(e.g.
A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,)

Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive
letters?

Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS?

BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the
News
Groups.

Mart


"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Noel:

After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following
your
instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing
changed
from the way it was before.
My only hope is replacement, but will it work?
What is the status on my report?

Harry.

Noel - CDRTC.DLL
 

Harry,

FWIW, it seems the source of your problem with this issue may be the
fact that you partitioned the unallocated space on the hard disk. Where
did you come "across a feature to partition unallocated space?" When
you created the new partition, did the "feature" you reference re-map
the drives? If not, I suspect you've got quite a mess on your hands and
thus the reason you're seeing the error message(s).

Tom

webster72n wrote:
Mart:

Thanks for the reply, but where is Noel? Hope he is not ill.
Concerning your question about my drives, I'm a bit at a loss, because of
what happened in between with my harddrive, if you can recall. When fixing
that, I came across a feature to partition unallocated space and I went
ahead to do that. It worked too, but in the process the new drive became 'E'
and CD-Rom went from 'E' to 'F', leaving the error messages unchanged.
Also I seem to recall CD-ROM being 'R/W' instead of just 'W'.
As for the rest of your question, I need specific instructions for producing
the required information. I did send my aida32-report to Noel with no
response.
To tell you the truth, I'm at the end of my tolerance and ready to replace
the CD-ROM drive in the hope this will fix it.
The exact error messages a
"The disk in drive F is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?"
Clicking on "Yes" brings up:
"This drive cannot be formatted".
Next I get the message:
"The disk in drive F cannot be formatted.."
An inserted disk is not recognized and , as a matter of fact, none of the
specific abilities/properties of the drive show up, including 'Format' and
'Eject', with eject still being listed and format not.

Harry.

Noel - CDRTC.DLL
 

Harry, you WILL NOT SEE your CD-ROM in Safe Mode (except in DevMan) as the
drivers are not loaded. Therefore cannot be accessed (or seen) in Windows
Explorer. See my other reply.

Mart


"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Mart:

In Safe Mode the "Compact Disk (F)" doesn't show as in windows.
In Device Manager the "Teac CD-W58E" is listed also
But it lost its ability to read and that's entirely possible, as mentioned
before. In that instance a replacement is the only solution.
As far as I am concerned: 'case closed!'

Harry.


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Harry,

I still get the very same error message and
nothing changed from the way it was before.

Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions.

Just to recap :-

When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters,
according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected?
(e.g.
A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,)

Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive
letters?

Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS?

BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News
Groups.

Mart


"webster72n" wrote in message
...
Noel:

After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your
instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed
from the way it was before.
My only hope is replacement, but will it work?
What is the status on my report?

Harry.