John:

I have the sneaking suspision that those are the contents of the startup
floppy. When I tried to confirm, I discovered the floppy drive not being
able to read either. Somewhere along the way, when booting with the startup
disk, I've seen the word 'Adaptec' and it makes me wonder, after I deleted
all evidence of it.
I also have a 100MB zip drive as Floppy B, but that one works.

Harry.


"John John" wrote in message
...
And where did chkdsk come from???

John John wrote:

Is that the FORMAT command that I saw there?

webster72n wrote:

I actually enjoyed doing this, Mart.
There were no error reports and I did get the listing of the CD
contents.
This was on drive 'G', the virtual drive, I believe.
I also tried the same with the actual cd-rom drive 'F' with these
results
(without a cd in it):
"Volume in drive F is MS-RAMDRIVE, Directory of F:\
ATTRIB EXE 15,252 06-07-00 8:05p
CHKDSK EXE (omitted to ease operation)
COMMAND COM "
DEBUG EXE "
EDIT COM "
EXTRACT EXE "
FORMAT COM "
HELP BAT "
MSCDEX EXE "
README TXT "
SCANDISK EXE "
SCANDISK INI "
SYS COM "
14 file(s) 655.851 bytes
0 dir(s) 1,427,456 bytes free."

By the looks of it I may have omitted one of the files, there are only
thirteen upon counting. If it should matter, I will give you the
possibly
missing one later.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Harry.


"Mart" wrote in message
...

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.