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Old October 27th 09, 12:38 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Default CD-R erratically detected

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , PCR
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , PCR
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
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While looking, it rattles the floppy drive before it "finds" the
writer (from within b4f, that is).

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=216752
Floppy Disk Drive Is Active When Opening or Saving Files
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To resolve this issue, change the command line reference in the
Properties of the shortcut, or delete the shortcut:

(1) Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.

Assuming this means the shortcut via which we start Burn4free, I
know where that is, as it's on the desktop.


Yea, look in that one & also in any in the folder(s) mentioned in its
Target field or any folders to do with the app..


Followup for general interest: There was no mention of A: or B: in the
properties of the desktop shortcut we used to get to burn4free ...


OK. I presume you've looked through Burn4Free's docs & FAQs & menus for
any mention of an option to use the floppy. I guess it's possible the
product is looking for something to burn to, since it has trouble
finding the CD. But I really have nothing left to recommend. Maybe post
the machine's Config.sys & Autoexec.bat from "START, Run, SysEdit" to
see whether any shenanigan is going on their that could cause a
confusion between the floppy & CD-ROM.

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may add a search for .pif's by adding ".pif" in the Named box,
separated by a comma from ".lnk".. Look in their Program tab. Delete
any .pif's in "C:\Windows\PIF".


... and Windows\PIF existed, but was completely empty.


OK. That's normal.

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However, we've decided to upgrade to a different PC (still '98SElite);
the one this was on has had intermittent and infuriatingly untraceable
problems for a year or two. I already rebuilt it once (formatting the
HD) sometime in (I think) the last year. Could be software (though a
format and reinstall suggests not!), or hardware, but if so it's a
rare fault: could be PSU not up to it for brief instants, or HD
throwing brief funnies, or RAM, or mobo - basically it's too much to
try replacing on an investigative basis, and it's not as if I'm
exactly short of '98 systems! The only reason I've held out this long
is that I didn't want to make such a big change for the elderly chap
who uses it; however, this evening he agreed with me (after burn4free
had shown its decidedly erratic behaviour again actually detecting
the presence of the CD-R blank, despite actually writing two
perfectly OK audio discs when fiddling did actually make it accept
there was a disc there, the first one done at maximum speed).


That may be best, if there are a lot of intermittent problems that a
fresh install hasn't cured. You could test the hard drive with its
manufacturer's utility first, if you suspect that. Get it from the WEB
site. To test RAM...

http://www.simmtester.com/PAGE/products/doc/docinfo.asp RAM tester
http://www.memtest86.com/ RAM tester
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp RAM tester


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR