Files and Folders

Hi Guys,
Have just noticed that a lot of my Files and Folders are Greyed out and am
begining to panic.I went into Windows/temp and deleted a lot of stuff which I
thought were safe to remove, but now I've just discoverd my CD-ROM is not
working. Went to Device Manager and doesn't show there.Rebooted into safe
mode to see if it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but nothing,what
the heck have Idone.

One thing at a time!

... my CD-ROM is not working. Went to Device Manager
and doesn't show there. Rebooted into safe mode to see if
it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but nothing,

NB. You won't see your CD-ROM in DevMan in Safe Mode, the drivers are only
loaded in Normal Mode.

However, if your not seeing it in Normal Mode, then boot using your WinMe
(floppy) Startup Disk and select 'With CD-ROM support' and see if it is
recognised in DOS. (It *should* report a drive letter for your CD-ROM which
is not necessarily the same letter as you would expect in Windows).

If the CD-ROM is not being recognised in DOS, you will have to boot into
your BIOS to confirm that it is recognised there. Have you been poking about
under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

You *may* have a faulty CD-ROM of course!

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys,
Have just noticed that a lot of my Files and Folders are Greyed out and am
begining to panic.I went into Windows/temp and deleted a lot of stuff
which I
thought were safe to remove, but now I've just discoverd my CD-ROM is not
working. Went to Device Manager and doesn't show there.Rebooted into safe
mode to see if it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but
nothing,what
the heck have Idone.

"Mart" wrote:

One thing at a time!

... my CD-ROM is not working. Went to Device Manager
and doesn't show there. Rebooted into safe mode to see if
it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but nothing,

NB. You won't see your CD-ROM in DevMan in Safe Mode, the drivers are only
loaded in Normal Mode.

However, if your not seeing it in Normal Mode, then boot using your WinMe
(floppy) Startup Disk and select 'With CD-ROM support' and see if it is
recognised in DOS. (It *should* report a drive letter for your CD-ROM which
is not necessarily the same letter as you would expect in Windows).

If the CD-ROM is not being recognised in DOS, you will have to boot into
your BIOS to confirm that it is recognised there. Have you been poking about
under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

You *may* have a faulty CD-ROM of course!

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys,
Have just noticed that a lot of my Files and Folders are Greyed out and am
begining to panic.I went into Windows/temp and deleted a lot of stuff
which I
thought were safe to remove, but now I've just discoverd my CD-ROM is not
working. Went to Device Manager and doesn't show there.Rebooted into safe
mode to see if it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but
nothing,what
the heck have Idone.


Hi Mart,
Well did as you instructed and yes it was recognized in "DOS" but I had to
restart my computer to get out of it.
This is the read out it gave me, "The Diagnostil Tools Were Succesfully
loaded To Drive (D)"MSCDEX VERSION 2.25 Copyright (c) Microsoft
Corp.1986-1995 "Drive E:=DriverMSCD001 UNIT 0
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E"
The "DOS" Screen then showed this,"COR101:Not Ready Reading Drive E

Abort,Retry,Fail,
I let this run thinking it normal,but 18hrs later,surely not,it would not
let me Exit,I just hope I haven't done any damage.
This all came about while i was Un-Installing and Re-Installing an
Anti-Virus program were i had to go into Files and Folders to delete Shared
and Temp Files,have I deleted something I should'nt have.

Things initially look OK there. Firstly, the CD-ROM is being recognised in
DOS and is being assigned a letter (E).

After things have settled down, then at the A:\ prompt, you need to type:-
E: (then press Return)

that should then give you an E:\ prompt. Now put a (data) CD into your
CD-COM and type:-
dir (then press return) [or dir /p to stop the screen from
scrolling]

and you should see a listing of the contents of the CD.

If all is well, then you need to worry about why WinMe is not recognising
it - come back and let us know how you get on so far and someone should be
able to continue with help.

BTW - To get out of Real Mode DOS, you can either Power-off your PC (as you
have now discovered g) or, remove the floppy disk and press Ctrl+Alt+Del.
You can't directly get back into WinMe!!

....I just hope I haven't done any damage.

No, you won't have damaged anything - at least as far as this is concerned.

.... have I deleted something I should'nt have.

Not sure yet - see how you get on with the first part.

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...


"Mart" wrote:

One thing at a time!

... my CD-ROM is not working. Went to Device Manager
and doesn't show there. Rebooted into safe mode to see if
it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but nothing,

NB. You won't see your CD-ROM in DevMan in Safe Mode, the drivers are
only
loaded in Normal Mode.

However, if your not seeing it in Normal Mode, then boot using your WinMe
(floppy) Startup Disk and select 'With CD-ROM support' and see if it is
recognised in DOS. (It *should* report a drive letter for your CD-ROM
which
is not necessarily the same letter as you would expect in Windows).

If the CD-ROM is not being recognised in DOS, you will have to boot into
your BIOS to confirm that it is recognised there. Have you been poking
about
under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

You *may* have a faulty CD-ROM of course!

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys,
Have just noticed that a lot of my Files and Folders are Greyed out and
am
begining to panic.I went into Windows/temp and deleted a lot of stuff
which I
thought were safe to remove, but now I've just discoverd my CD-ROM is
not
working. Went to Device Manager and doesn't show there.Rebooted into
safe
mode to see if it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but
nothing,what
the heck have Idone.


Hi Mart,
Well did as you instructed and yes it was recognized in "DOS" but I had
to
restart my computer to get out of it.
This is the read out it gave me, "The Diagnostil Tools Were Succesfully
loaded To Drive (D)"MSCDEX VERSION 2.25 Copyright (c) Microsoft
Corp.1986-1995 "Drive E:=DriverMSCD001 UNIT 0
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E"
The "DOS" Screen then showed this,"COR101:Not Ready Reading Drive E

Abort,Retry,Fail,
I let this run thinking it normal,but 18hrs later,surely not,it would not
let me Exit,I just hope I haven't done any damage.
This all came about while i was Un-Installing and Re-Installing an
Anti-Virus program were i had to go into Files and Folders to delete
Shared
and Temp Files,have I deleted something I should'nt have.

Hi Mart,
Sorry for the hassle but just reading over your instructions and can't do
anything with the CD-ROM,the tray will not open to let me put a Cd in,baffled.



"Mart" wrote:

Things initially look OK there. Firstly, the CD-ROM is being recognised in
DOS and is being assigned a letter (E).

After things have settled down, then at the A:\ prompt, you need to type:-
E: (then press Return)

that should then give you an E:\ prompt. Now put a (data) CD into your
CD-COM and type:-
dir (then press return) [or dir /p to stop the screen from
scrolling]

and you should see a listing of the contents of the CD.

If all is well, then you need to worry about why WinMe is not recognising
it - come back and let us know how you get on so far and someone should be
able to continue with help.

BTW - To get out of Real Mode DOS, you can either Power-off your PC (as you
have now discovered g) or, remove the floppy disk and press Ctrl+Alt+Del.
You can't directly get back into WinMe!!

....I just hope I haven't done any damage.

No, you won't have damaged anything - at least as far as this is concerned.

.... have I deleted something I should'nt have.

Not sure yet - see how you get on with the first part.

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...


"Mart" wrote:

One thing at a time!

... my CD-ROM is not working. Went to Device Manager
and doesn't show there. Rebooted into safe mode to see if
it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but nothing,

NB. You won't see your CD-ROM in DevMan in Safe Mode, the drivers are
only
loaded in Normal Mode.

However, if your not seeing it in Normal Mode, then boot using your WinMe
(floppy) Startup Disk and select 'With CD-ROM support' and see if it is
recognised in DOS. (It *should* report a drive letter for your CD-ROM
which
is not necessarily the same letter as you would expect in Windows).

If the CD-ROM is not being recognised in DOS, you will have to boot into
your BIOS to confirm that it is recognised there. Have you been poking
about
under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

You *may* have a faulty CD-ROM of course!

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys,
Have just noticed that a lot of my Files and Folders are Greyed out and
am
begining to panic.I went into Windows/temp and deleted a lot of stuff
which I
thought were safe to remove, but now I've just discoverd my CD-ROM is
not
working. Went to Device Manager and doesn't show there.Rebooted into
safe
mode to see if it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but
nothing,what
the heck have Idone.


Hi Mart,
Well did as you instructed and yes it was recognized in "DOS" but I had
to
restart my computer to get out of it.
This is the read out it gave me, "The Diagnostil Tools Were Succesfully
loaded To Drive (D)"MSCDEX VERSION 2.25 Copyright (c) Microsoft
Corp.1986-1995 "Drive E:=DriverMSCD001 UNIT 0
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E"
The "DOS" Screen then showed this,"COR101:Not Ready Reading Drive E

Abort,Retry,Fail,
I let this run thinking it normal,but 18hrs later,surely not,it would not
let me Exit,I just hope I haven't done any damage.
This all came about while i was Un-Installing and Re-Installing an
Anti-Virus program were i had to go into Files and Folders to delete
Shared
and Temp Files,have I deleted something I should'nt have.

Ah... So it probably didn't even open in WinMe? (Not even using the button
on the front panel?)

In which case, back to my earlier comments -
Have you been poking about under the bonnet
and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

If not,
You (may) *almost certainly* have a faulty CD-ROM ...!

Substitution/replacement is the only practical solution. I would guess that
a new one should only be about US$25 or so - they're less than GBP10 over
here.

Good luck with it.

Mart



"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Mart,
Sorry for the hassle but just reading over your instructions and can't do
anything with the CD-ROM,the tray will not open to let me put a Cd
in,baffled.



"Mart" wrote:

Things initially look OK there. Firstly, the CD-ROM is being recognised
in
DOS and is being assigned a letter (E).

After things have settled down, then at the A:\ prompt, you need to
type:-
E: (then press Return)

that should then give you an E:\ prompt. Now put a (data) CD into your
CD-COM and type:-
dir (then press return) [or dir /p to stop the screen from
scrolling]

and you should see a listing of the contents of the CD.

If all is well, then you need to worry about why WinMe is not recognising
it - come back and let us know how you get on so far and someone should
be
able to continue with help.

BTW - To get out of Real Mode DOS, you can either Power-off your PC (as
you
have now discovered g) or, remove the floppy disk and press
Ctrl+Alt+Del.
You can't directly get back into WinMe!!

....I just hope I haven't done any damage.

No, you won't have damaged anything - at least as far as this is
concerned.

.... have I deleted something I should'nt have.

Not sure yet - see how you get on with the first part.

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...


"Mart" wrote:

One thing at a time!

... my CD-ROM is not working. Went to Device Manager
and doesn't show there. Rebooted into safe mode to see if
it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but nothing,

NB. You won't see your CD-ROM in DevMan in Safe Mode, the drivers are
only
loaded in Normal Mode.

However, if your not seeing it in Normal Mode, then boot using your
WinMe
(floppy) Startup Disk and select 'With CD-ROM support' and see if it
is
recognised in DOS. (It *should* report a drive letter for your CD-ROM
which
is not necessarily the same letter as you would expect in Windows).

If the CD-ROM is not being recognised in DOS, you will have to boot
into
your BIOS to confirm that it is recognised there. Have you been poking
about
under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

You *may* have a faulty CD-ROM of course!

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys,
Have just noticed that a lot of my Files and Folders are Greyed out
and
am
begining to panic.I went into Windows/temp and deleted a lot of
stuff
which I
thought were safe to remove, but now I've just discoverd my CD-ROM
is
not
working. Went to Device Manager and doesn't show there.Rebooted
into
safe
mode to see if it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but
nothing,what
the heck have Idone.


Hi Mart,
Well did as you instructed and yes it was recognized in "DOS" but I
had
to
restart my computer to get out of it.
This is the read out it gave me, "The Diagnostil Tools Were Succesfully
loaded To Drive (D)"MSCDEX VERSION 2.25 Copyright (c) Microsoft
Corp.1986-1995 "Drive E:=DriverMSCD001 UNIT 0
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E"
The "DOS" Screen then showed this,"COR101:Not Ready Reading Drive E

Abort,Retry,Fail,
I let this run thinking it normal,but 18hrs later,surely not,it would
not
let me Exit,I just hope I haven't done any damage.
This all came about while i was Un-Installing and Re-Installing an
Anti-Virus program were i had to go into Files and Folders to delete
Shared
and Temp Files,have I deleted something I should'nt have.

"Mart" wrote:

Ah... So it probably didn't even open in WinMe? (Not even using the button
on the front panel?)

In which case, back to my earlier comments -
Have you been poking about under the bonnet
and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

If not,
You (may) *almost certainly* have a faulty CD-ROM ...!

Substitution/replacement is the only practical solution. I would guess that
a new one should only be about US$25 or so - they're less than GBP10 over
here.

Good luck with it.

Mart



"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Mart,
Sorry for the hassle but just reading over your instructions and can't do
anything with the CD-ROM,the tray will not open to let me put a Cd
in,baffled.



"Mart" wrote:

Things initially look OK there. Firstly, the CD-ROM is being recognised
in
DOS and is being assigned a letter (E).

After things have settled down, then at the A:\ prompt, you need to
type:-
E: (then press Return)

that should then give you an E:\ prompt. Now put a (data) CD into your
CD-COM and type:-
dir (then press return) [or dir /p to stop the screen from
scrolling]

and you should see a listing of the contents of the CD.

If all is well, then you need to worry about why WinMe is not recognising
it - come back and let us know how you get on so far and someone should
be
able to continue with help.

BTW - To get out of Real Mode DOS, you can either Power-off your PC (as
you
have now discovered g) or, remove the floppy disk and press
Ctrl+Alt+Del.
You can't directly get back into WinMe!!

....I just hope I haven't done any damage.

No, you won't have damaged anything - at least as far as this is
concerned.

.... have I deleted something I should'nt have.

Not sure yet - see how you get on with the first part.

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...


"Mart" wrote:

One thing at a time!

... my CD-ROM is not working. Went to Device Manager
and doesn't show there. Rebooted into safe mode to see if
it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but nothing,

NB. You won't see your CD-ROM in DevMan in Safe Mode, the drivers are
only
loaded in Normal Mode.

However, if your not seeing it in Normal Mode, then boot using your
WinMe
(floppy) Startup Disk and select 'With CD-ROM support' and see if it
is
recognised in DOS. (It *should* report a drive letter for your CD-ROM
which
is not necessarily the same letter as you would expect in Windows).

If the CD-ROM is not being recognised in DOS, you will have to boot
into
your BIOS to confirm that it is recognised there. Have you been poking
about
under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

You *may* have a faulty CD-ROM of course!

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys,
Have just noticed that a lot of my Files and Folders are Greyed out
and
am
begining to panic.I went into Windows/temp and deleted a lot of
stuff
which I
thought were safe to remove, but now I've just discoverd my CD-ROM
is
not
working. Went to Device Manager and doesn't show there.Rebooted
into
safe
mode to see if it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but
nothing,what
the heck have Idone.


Hi Mart,
Well did as you instructed and yes it was recognized in "DOS" but I
had
to
restart my computer to get out of it.
This is the read out it gave me, "The Diagnostil Tools Were Succesfully
loaded To Drive (D)"MSCDEX VERSION 2.25 Copyright (c) Microsoft
Corp.1986-1995 "Drive E:=DriverMSCD001 UNIT 0
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E"
The "DOS" Screen then showed this,"COR101:Not Ready Reading Drive E

Abort,Retry,Fail,
I let this run thinking it normal,but 18hrs later,surely not,it would
not
let me Exit,I just hope I haven't done any damage.
This all came about while i was Un-Installing and Re-Installing an
Anti-Virus program were i had to go into Files and Folders to delete
Shared
and Temp Files,have I deleted something I should'nt have.






Hi Mart,
I wouldn't have a clue how to get under the bed never mind this machine.
You're right I can't open the CD-ROM from the button at the front of the CPU
and the Orange light is on permanent were it's normally off or flashing .
I deleted some files last week and this happened, so I quickly restored them
back and the CD-ROM worked again,weather this was a factor or not.Was just
wondering when I was deleting those Norton Files and Temp's did I make a
ricky somewhere.Checking through "MS,Troubleshooting" all day,and these
Forums but only found one thing,probably has nothing to do with my problem.
"MS" Artical ID:275499 (Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues Using The
Driver Information Database)
"Mart" please don't think I'm trying to under-mind your efforts,not by a
long way,us "Dummies" couldn't survive in this "Tec"world without you folks.
If it is a new CD-ROM I need, could you recommend a good one,I'm from your
side of the water and price is no-matter.
Could you look into the other matter I asked about,the faded out
Files&Folders,
Thank You.

Hi Seamey, - from my side of the water? The UK? Then your clock is 8 hrs
behind GMT (UK time) g

The fact that you cant get it to work in (Real Mode) DOS (via the Startup
floppy Disk) means that WinMe (and your hard drive) are completely
eliminated from the equation. - Although your deletions of the Norton files
etc. *may* raise their head later - hence one thing at a time g.

I wouldn't really recommend any specific make of CD-ROM as I think most are
made by only a couple of manufacturers and just re-badged. Mine are LG but
don't take that as an endorsement. Try your local PC store (PC World?) and
see what they have to offer. You may wish to think of replacing it with a
burner (CD-RW) but you will need suitable software.

In the meantime, I'll have a think about the 'faded folders'

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...


"Mart" wrote:

Ah... So it probably didn't even open in WinMe? (Not even using the
button
on the front panel?)

In which case, back to my earlier comments -
Have you been poking about under the bonnet
and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

If not,
You (may) *almost certainly* have a faulty CD-ROM ...!

Substitution/replacement is the only practical solution. I would guess
that
a new one should only be about US$25 or so - they're less than GBP10 over
here.

Good luck with it.

Mart



"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Mart,
Sorry for the hassle but just reading over your instructions and can't
do
anything with the CD-ROM,the tray will not open to let me put a Cd
in,baffled.



"Mart" wrote:

Things initially look OK there. Firstly, the CD-ROM is being
recognised
in
DOS and is being assigned a letter (E).

After things have settled down, then at the A:\ prompt, you need to
type:-
E: (then press Return)

that should then give you an E:\ prompt. Now put a (data) CD into
your
CD-COM and type:-
dir (then press return) [or dir /p to stop the screen from
scrolling]

and you should see a listing of the contents of the CD.

If all is well, then you need to worry about why WinMe is not
recognising
it - come back and let us know how you get on so far and someone
should
be
able to continue with help.

BTW - To get out of Real Mode DOS, you can either Power-off your PC
(as
you
have now discovered g) or, remove the floppy disk and press
Ctrl+Alt+Del.
You can't directly get back into WinMe!!

....I just hope I haven't done any damage.

No, you won't have damaged anything - at least as far as this is
concerned.

.... have I deleted something I should'nt have.

Not sure yet - see how you get on with the first part.

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...


"Mart" wrote:

One thing at a time!

... my CD-ROM is not working. Went to Device Manager
and doesn't show there. Rebooted into safe mode to see if
it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but nothing,

NB. You won't see your CD-ROM in DevMan in Safe Mode, the drivers
are
only
loaded in Normal Mode.

However, if your not seeing it in Normal Mode, then boot using your
WinMe
(floppy) Startup Disk and select 'With CD-ROM support' and see if
it
is
recognised in DOS. (It *should* report a drive letter for your
CD-ROM
which
is not necessarily the same letter as you would expect in Windows).

If the CD-ROM is not being recognised in DOS, you will have to boot
into
your BIOS to confirm that it is recognised there. Have you been
poking
about
under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

You *may* have a faulty CD-ROM of course!

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys,
Have just noticed that a lot of my Files and Folders are Greyed
out
and
am
begining to panic.I went into Windows/temp and deleted a lot of
stuff
which I
thought were safe to remove, but now I've just discoverd my
CD-ROM
is
not
working. Went to Device Manager and doesn't show there.Rebooted
into
safe
mode to see if it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but
nothing,what
the heck have Idone.


Hi Mart,
Well did as you instructed and yes it was recognized in "DOS" but I
had
to
restart my computer to get out of it.
This is the read out it gave me, "The Diagnostil Tools Were
Succesfully
loaded To Drive (D)"MSCDEX VERSION 2.25 Copyright (c) Microsoft
Corp.1986-1995 "Drive E:=DriverMSCD001 UNIT 0
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E"
The "DOS" Screen then showed this,"COR101:Not Ready Reading Drive E

Abort,Retry,Fail,
I let this run thinking it normal,but 18hrs later,surely not,it
would
not
let me Exit,I just hope I haven't done any damage.
This all came about while i was Un-Installing and Re-Installing an
Anti-Virus program were i had to go into Files and Folders to delete
Shared
and Temp Files,have I deleted something I should'nt have.






Hi Mart,
I wouldn't have a clue how to get under the bed never mind this machine.
You're right I can't open the CD-ROM from the button at the front of the
CPU
and the Orange light is on permanent were it's normally off or flashing .
I deleted some files last week and this happened, so I quickly restored
them
back and the CD-ROM worked again,weather this was a factor or not.Was just
wondering when I was deleting those Norton Files and Temp's did I make a
ricky somewhere.Checking through "MS,Troubleshooting" all day,and these
Forums but only found one thing,probably has nothing to do with my
problem.
"MS" Artical ID:275499 (Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues Using The
Driver Information Database)
"Mart" please don't think I'm trying to under-mind your efforts,not by a
long way,us "Dummies" couldn't survive in this "Tec"world without you
folks.
If it is a new CD-ROM I need, could you recommend a good one,I'm from your
side of the water and price is no-matter.
Could you look into the other matter I asked about,the faded out
Files&Folders,
Thank You.

Hi Mart,
yeah your side of the water,well almost,N.Ireland (Belfast)
My clock is set to "GMT" is that correct?

Thanks for the advice on the CD-ROM will buy one tomorrow,as for the CD-RW,
had a new DVD-RW (Pioneer 107D) fitted 6months ago.

Thank you so very much for all your help and bearing with me,and if you do
come up with any suggestion regarding those' Faded Files',can you mail me,

Keep up the execellent work and may the New Year be kind to you and all in
the Forum,

Seamey.T



"Mart" wrote:

Hi Seamey, - from my side of the water? The UK? Then your clock is 8 hrs
behind GMT (UK time) g

The fact that you cant get it to work in (Real Mode) DOS (via the Startup
floppy Disk) means that WinMe (and your hard drive) are completely
eliminated from the equation. - Although your deletions of the Norton files
etc. *may* raise their head later - hence one thing at a time g.

I wouldn't really recommend any specific make of CD-ROM as I think most are
made by only a couple of manufacturers and just re-badged. Mine are LG but
don't take that as an endorsement. Try your local PC store (PC World?) and
see what they have to offer. You may wish to think of replacing it with a
burner (CD-RW) but you will need suitable software.

In the meantime, I'll have a think about the 'faded folders'

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...


"Mart" wrote:

Ah... So it probably didn't even open in WinMe? (Not even using the
button
on the front panel?)

In which case, back to my earlier comments -
Have you been poking about under the bonnet
and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

If not,
You (may) *almost certainly* have a faulty CD-ROM ...!

Substitution/replacement is the only practical solution. I would guess
that
a new one should only be about US$25 or so - they're less than GBP10 over
here.

Good luck with it.

Mart



"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Mart,
Sorry for the hassle but just reading over your instructions and can't
do
anything with the CD-ROM,the tray will not open to let me put a Cd
in,baffled.



"Mart" wrote:

Things initially look OK there. Firstly, the CD-ROM is being
recognised
in
DOS and is being assigned a letter (E).

After things have settled down, then at the A:\ prompt, you need to
type:-
E: (then press Return)

that should then give you an E:\ prompt. Now put a (data) CD into
your
CD-COM and type:-
dir (then press return) [or dir /p to stop the screen from
scrolling]

and you should see a listing of the contents of the CD.

If all is well, then you need to worry about why WinMe is not
recognising
it - come back and let us know how you get on so far and someone
should
be
able to continue with help.

BTW - To get out of Real Mode DOS, you can either Power-off your PC
(as
you
have now discovered g) or, remove the floppy disk and press
Ctrl+Alt+Del.
You can't directly get back into WinMe!!

....I just hope I haven't done any damage.

No, you won't have damaged anything - at least as far as this is
concerned.

.... have I deleted something I should'nt have.

Not sure yet - see how you get on with the first part.

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...


"Mart" wrote:

One thing at a time!

... my CD-ROM is not working. Went to Device Manager
and doesn't show there. Rebooted into safe mode to see if
it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but nothing,

NB. You won't see your CD-ROM in DevMan in Safe Mode, the drivers
are
only
loaded in Normal Mode.

However, if your not seeing it in Normal Mode, then boot using your
WinMe
(floppy) Startup Disk and select 'With CD-ROM support' and see if
it
is
recognised in DOS. (It *should* report a drive letter for your
CD-ROM
which
is not necessarily the same letter as you would expect in Windows).

If the CD-ROM is not being recognised in DOS, you will have to boot
into
your BIOS to confirm that it is recognised there. Have you been
poking
about
under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

You *may* have a faulty CD-ROM of course!

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys,
Have just noticed that a lot of my Files and Folders are Greyed
out
and
am
begining to panic.I went into Windows/temp and deleted a lot of
stuff
which I
thought were safe to remove, but now I've just discoverd my
CD-ROM
is
not
working. Went to Device Manager and doesn't show there.Rebooted
into
safe
mode to see if it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but
nothing,what
the heck have Idone.


Hi Mart,
Well did as you instructed and yes it was recognized in "DOS" but I
had
to
restart my computer to get out of it.
This is the read out it gave me, "The Diagnostil Tools Were
Succesfully
loaded To Drive (D)"MSCDEX VERSION 2.25 Copyright (c) Microsoft
Corp.1986-1995 "Drive E:=DriverMSCD001 UNIT 0
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E"
The "DOS" Screen then showed this,"COR101:Not Ready Reading Drive E

Abort,Retry,Fail,
I let this run thinking it normal,but 18hrs later,surely not,it
would
not
let me Exit,I just hope I haven't done any damage.
This all came about while i was Un-Installing and Re-Installing an
Anti-Virus program were i had to go into Files and Folders to delete
Shared
and Temp Files,have I deleted something I should'nt have.






Hi Mart,
I wouldn't have a clue how to get under the bed never mind this machine.
You're right I can't open the CD-ROM from the button at the front of the
CPU
and the Orange light is on permanent were it's normally off or flashing .
I deleted some files last week and this happened, so I quickly restored
them
back and the CD-ROM worked again,weather this was a factor or not.Was just
wondering when I was deleting those Norton Files and Temp's did I make a
ricky somewhere.Checking through "MS,Troubleshooting" all day,and these
Forums but only found one thing,probably has nothing to do with my
problem.
"MS" Artical ID:275499 (Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues Using The
Driver Information Database)
"Mart" please don't think I'm trying to under-mind your efforts,not by a
long way,us "Dummies" couldn't survive in this "Tec"world without you
folks.
If it is a new CD-ROM I need, could you recommend a good one,I'm from your
side of the water and price is no-matter.
Could you look into the other matter I asked about,the faded out
Files&Folders,
Thank You.

My clock is set to "GMT" is that correct?

Yes... but! .. is your Time Zone correctly set to GMT : Dublin, London,
etc., in Control Panel | Date & Time \Time Zone? You're showing 8 Hrs behind
in your e-mail properties.

However, you have now put a whole new complexion on the issue!! You didn't
mention the DVD-RW before!!! So let's just step backwards a little.

When booting from the floppy Startup Disk, you *should* have seen TWO
CD-ROMS, becoming the E: and the F:, so the screen *should* have shown:
Drive E:= Driver MSCD001 UNIT 0
Drive F:= Driver MSCD001 UNIT 1
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E

In other words, ONE of your CD-ROM drives was missing!!! (NB. although it is
a DVD, DOS only recognises it as a CD-ROM)

(Don't worry that you didn't also see a further line "Your CD-ROM Is Drive
F" - you won't.)

And!!
had (it) fitted 6months ago. When did your CD-ROM go AWOL?? Coincidence??

Back to my original question -
Have you (or anybody else!!) been poking
about under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged
any connectors?

My revised guess is that a visit back to whoever fitted your DVD *might* be
a better proposition, before you throw cash at a possibly unnecessary new
CD-ROM.

I'll cover your other problem later - first sort this one out g

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Mart,
yeah your side of the water,well almost,N.Ireland (Belfast)
My clock is set to "GMT" is that correct?

Thanks for the advice on the CD-ROM will buy one tomorrow,as for the
CD-RW,
had a new DVD-RW (Pioneer 107D) fitted 6months ago.

Thank you so very much for all your help and bearing with me,and if you do
come up with any suggestion regarding those' Faded Files',can you mail me,

Keep up the execellent work and may the New Year be kind to you and all in
the Forum,

Seamey.T



"Mart" wrote:

Hi Seamey, - from my side of the water? The UK? Then your clock is 8 hrs
behind GMT (UK time) g

The fact that you cant get it to work in (Real Mode) DOS (via the Startup
floppy Disk) means that WinMe (and your hard drive) are completely
eliminated from the equation. - Although your deletions of the Norton
files
etc. *may* raise their head later - hence one thing at a time g.

I wouldn't really recommend any specific make of CD-ROM as I think most
are
made by only a couple of manufacturers and just re-badged. Mine are LG
but
don't take that as an endorsement. Try your local PC store (PC World?)
and
see what they have to offer. You may wish to think of replacing it with a
burner (CD-RW) but you will need suitable software.

In the meantime, I'll have a think about the 'faded folders'

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...


"Mart" wrote:

Ah... So it probably didn't even open in WinMe? (Not even using the
button
on the front panel?)

In which case, back to my earlier comments -
Have you been poking about under the bonnet
and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

If not,
You (may) *almost certainly* have a faulty CD-ROM ...!

Substitution/replacement is the only practical solution. I would guess
that
a new one should only be about US$25 or so - they're less than GBP10
over
here.

Good luck with it.

Mart



"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Mart,
Sorry for the hassle but just reading over your instructions and
can't
do
anything with the CD-ROM,the tray will not open to let me put a Cd
in,baffled.



"Mart" wrote:

Things initially look OK there. Firstly, the CD-ROM is being
recognised
in
DOS and is being assigned a letter (E).

After things have settled down, then at the A:\ prompt, you need
to
type:-
E: (then press Return)

that should then give you an E:\ prompt. Now put a (data) CD into
your
CD-COM and type:-
dir (then press return) [or dir /p to stop the screen from
scrolling]

and you should see a listing of the contents of the CD.

If all is well, then you need to worry about why WinMe is not
recognising
it - come back and let us know how you get on so far and someone
should
be
able to continue with help.

BTW - To get out of Real Mode DOS, you can either Power-off your PC
(as
you
have now discovered g) or, remove the floppy disk and press
Ctrl+Alt+Del.
You can't directly get back into WinMe!!

....I just hope I haven't done any damage.

No, you won't have damaged anything - at least as far as this is
concerned.

.... have I deleted something I should'nt have.

Not sure yet - see how you get on with the first part.

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...


"Mart" wrote:

One thing at a time!

... my CD-ROM is not working. Went to Device Manager
and doesn't show there. Rebooted into safe mode to see if
it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal but nothing,

NB. You won't see your CD-ROM in DevMan in Safe Mode, the
drivers
are
only
loaded in Normal Mode.

However, if your not seeing it in Normal Mode, then boot using
your
WinMe
(floppy) Startup Disk and select 'With CD-ROM support' and see
if
it
is
recognised in DOS. (It *should* report a drive letter for your
CD-ROM
which
is not necessarily the same letter as you would expect in
Windows).

If the CD-ROM is not being recognised in DOS, you will have to
boot
into
your BIOS to confirm that it is recognised there. Have you been
poking
about
under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged any connectors?

You *may* have a faulty CD-ROM of course!

Mart


"Seamey.T" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys,
Have just noticed that a lot of my Files and Folders are
Greyed
out
and
am
begining to panic.I went into Windows/temp and deleted a lot
of
stuff
which I
thought were safe to remove, but now I've just discoverd my
CD-ROM
is
not
working. Went to Device Manager and doesn't show
there.Rebooted
into
safe
mode to see if it would re-appear when I booted up in Normal
but
nothing,what
the heck have Idone.


Hi Mart,
Well did as you instructed and yes it was recognized in "DOS"
but I
had
to
restart my computer to get out of it.
This is the read out it gave me, "The Diagnostil Tools Were
Succesfully
loaded To Drive (D)"MSCDEX VERSION 2.25 Copyright (c) Microsoft
Corp.1986-1995 "Drive E:=DriverMSCD001 UNIT 0
Your CD-ROM Is Drive E"
The "DOS" Screen then showed this,"COR101:Not Ready Reading Drive
E

Abort,Retry,Fail,
I let this run thinking it normal,but 18hrs later,surely not,it
would
not
let me Exit,I just hope I haven't done any damage.
This all came about while i was Un-Installing and Re-Installing
an
Anti-Virus program were i had to go into Files and Folders to
delete
Shared
and Temp Files,have I deleted something I should'nt have.






Hi Mart,
I wouldn't have a clue how to get under the bed never mind this
machine.
You're right I can't open the CD-ROM from the button at the front of
the
CPU
and the Orange light is on permanent were it's normally off or flashing
.
I deleted some files last week and this happened, so I quickly restored
them
back and the CD-ROM worked again,weather this was a factor or not.Was
just
wondering when I was deleting those Norton Files and Temp's did I make
a
ricky somewhere.Checking through "MS,Troubleshooting" all day,and
these
Forums but only found one thing,probably has nothing to do with my
problem.
"MS" Artical ID:275499 (Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues Using The
Driver Information Database)
"Mart" please don't think I'm trying to under-mind your efforts,not by
a
long way,us "Dummies" couldn't survive in this "Tec"world without you
folks.
If it is a new CD-ROM I need, could you recommend a good one,I'm from
your
side of the water and price is no-matter.
Could you look into the other matter I asked about,the faded out
Files&Folders,
Thank You.