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Patter July 9th 04 03:41 PM

CD-Rom & CD-RW see contents as blank!
 
A strange problem.

I attempted to install a D-Link USB 2.0 PCI card & on boot
WIN 98SE did not see new hardware as expected. Inserted D-
Link CD & both my LG CD burner & generic CD-rom showed the
CD as blank. But in Properties the Volume correctly showed
the name & size of the contents.

Tried other CDs, including ones burned on the LG....same
results.

On the assumption that the USB card may have caused
problem...removed it, rebooted...same!!
Removed & reinstalled CD-ROM & burner...same!
Reinstalled IDE controller...same!
Checked for viruses, trojans, spyware, adware...same!

Temporarily connected old hard drive that had been in
system previously....both CD-ROMs worked fine!!!
Since both CD-ROMs work, I'm assuming that that something
was corrupted...but what?
I even burned a CD and I could access the files on other
computers, but not on the one that burned it.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

P.S. This has been going on for more than a week & on some
days(I shut down each day) 1 CD drive will "see" my Win
98SE installation CD....But not today!!

Ingeborg July 9th 04 06:05 PM

CD-Rom & CD-RW see contents as blank!
 
"Patter" wrote in
:

A strange problem.

I attempted to install a D-Link USB 2.0 PCI card & on boot
WIN 98SE did not see new hardware as expected. Inserted D-
Link CD & both my LG CD burner & generic CD-rom showed the
CD as blank. But in Properties the Volume correctly showed
the name & size of the contents.

Tried other CDs, including ones burned on the LG....same
results.

On the assumption that the USB card may have caused
problem...removed it, rebooted...same!!
Removed & reinstalled CD-ROM & burner...same!
Reinstalled IDE controller...same!
Checked for viruses, trojans, spyware, adware...same!

Temporarily connected old hard drive that had been in
system previously....both CD-ROMs worked fine!!!
Since both CD-ROMs work, I'm assuming that that something
was corrupted...but what?
I even burned a CD and I could access the files on other
computers, but not on the one that burned it.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

P.S. This has been going on for more than a week & on some
days(I shut down each day) 1 CD drive will "see" my Win
98SE installation CD....But not today!!


Can you boot from the installation CD? If so, and you choose 'boot to dos
with cdrom', can you access the CD?

Patter July 9th 04 06:39 PM

CD-Rom & CD-RW see contents as blank!
 

Forgot to mention:
1.I can access CDs from DOS using WIN 98 Startup disk.
2.After 1 boot-up Windows Explorer showed all folders in
C: as blank....but gave size of contents?? But after
reboot Windows Explorer worked fine!! Is there a
connection? I tried fix that was in earlier post in reply
to Patreply but made no difference.

glee July 10th 04 12:20 PM

CD-Rom & CD-RW see contents as blank!
 
How are you looking at the contents of the CD (when you see it as blank)....are you
using Windows Explorer, My Computer, what?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Patter" wrote in message
...
A strange problem.

I attempted to install a D-Link USB 2.0 PCI card & on boot
WIN 98SE did not see new hardware as expected. Inserted D-
Link CD & both my LG CD burner & generic CD-rom showed the
CD as blank. But in Properties the Volume correctly showed
the name & size of the contents.

Tried other CDs, including ones burned on the LG....same
results.

On the assumption that the USB card may have caused
problem...removed it, rebooted...same!!
Removed & reinstalled CD-ROM & burner...same!
Reinstalled IDE controller...same!
Checked for viruses, trojans, spyware, adware...same!

Temporarily connected old hard drive that had been in
system previously....both CD-ROMs worked fine!!!
Since both CD-ROMs work, I'm assuming that that something
was corrupted...but what?
I even burned a CD and I could access the files on other
computers, but not on the one that burned it.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

P.S. This has been going on for more than a week & on some
days(I shut down each day) 1 CD drive will "see" my Win
98SE installation CD....But not today!!



July 10th 04 10:35 PM

CD-Rom & CD-RW see contents as blank!
 
Both My Computer & Windows Explorer....

-----Original Message-----
How are you looking at the contents of the CD (when you

see it as blank)....are you
using Windows Explorer, My Computer, what?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Patter" wrote in

message
...
A strange problem.

I attempted to install a D-Link USB 2.0 PCI card & on

boot
WIN 98SE did not see new hardware as expected. Inserted

D-
Link CD & both my LG CD burner & generic CD-rom showed

the
CD as blank. But in Properties the Volume correctly

showed
the name & size of the contents.

Tried other CDs, including ones burned on the LG....same
results.

On the assumption that the USB card may have caused
problem...removed it, rebooted...same!!
Removed & reinstalled CD-ROM & burner...same!
Reinstalled IDE controller...same!
Checked for viruses, trojans, spyware, adware...same!

Temporarily connected old hard drive that had been in
system previously....both CD-ROMs worked fine!!!
Since both CD-ROMs work, I'm assuming that that

something
was corrupted...but what?
I even burned a CD and I could access the files on other
computers, but not on the one that burned it.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

P.S. This has been going on for more than a week & on

some
days(I shut down each day) 1 CD drive will "see" my Win
98SE installation CD....But not today!!


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