DVD & CD drives

When I put a CD in my DVD or CD drive nothing is recognized. They work
because I wouldn't be able to put a CD in them, but they don't play and when
I go into Device Manager to see what the problem is, it says that the device
is working properly but the drivers haven't been installed and the drivers
aren't needed. I don't know what the heck to think? I'm using Windows 98 SE
OS in my desktop PC.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Daniel
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attilathehun1

attilathehun1 wrote:
When I put a CD in my DVD or CD drive nothing is recognized. They work
because I wouldn't be able to put a CD in them, but they don't play and when
I go into Device Manager to see what the problem is, it says that the device
is working properly but the drivers haven't been installed and the drivers
aren't needed. I don't know what the heck to think? I'm using Windows 98 SE
OS in my desktop PC.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Daniel

Atillathehun1:

What happens if you open windows explorer (Windows Key + E) and try to
view the contents of a disk?

John

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Windows Key + e and thanks for that hint. Yeah I view both D drive and E
drive. Both appear and you can alternate click them and view properties and a
list of options. They are recognized in Device Manager, but when I try to put
a CD-ROM disk in them and the LED light that says it's working stays on for
15 seconds and then goes out. So anotherwords, when you right click on the
icons in My Computer it says nothing is in the drive.
Thanks, attilathehun1
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attilathehun1


"John Dulak" wrote:

attilathehun1 wrote:
When I put a CD in my DVD or CD drive nothing is recognized. They work
because I wouldn't be able to put a CD in them, but they don't play and when
I go into Device Manager to see what the problem is, it says that the device
is working properly but the drivers haven't been installed and the drivers
aren't needed. I don't know what the heck to think? I'm using Windows 98 SE
OS in my desktop PC.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Daniel

Atillathehun1:

What happens if you open windows explorer (Windows Key + E) and try to
view the contents of a disk?

John

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attilathehun1 wrote:
Windows Key + e and thanks for that hint. Yeah I view both D drive and E
drive. Both appear and you can alternate click them and view properties and a
list of options. They are recognized in Device Manager, but when I try to put
a CD-ROM disk in them and the LED light that says it's working stays on for
15 seconds and then goes out. So anotherwords, when you right click on the
icons in My Computer it says nothing is in the drive.
Thanks, attilathehun1

Atillathehun1:

Did the drive previously work? Has something recently been changed?

If you just added a drive chech the "Master"/"Slave" jumper.

In device manager; is the drive correctly identified? Usually by
manufacturer and model number. Windows 9x does not need specific
drivers for CD or DVD drives but it must correctly identify them to
use them.

John

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John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

Ok, I just put the game diablo in the DVD drive and it worked, but when I put
a blank CD disk in the drive it says the drive is empty and then the LED
light stops blinking. I want to burn my PC class intermediate networking
class on a CD. Both drives are recognized in the device manager. To answer
your question about the PC. I put this together from different parts of PCs.
I did buy the DVD burner for 40 bucks from the PC Club, it's brand new. The
CD burner is kinda old but it's a good one, HP CD-Writer Plus 9100 Series. So
anotherwords, they work but they don't recognize blank CDs. I'll give it
another shot right now, hang on. Nope, it says not accessible, the device is
not ready. The LED on the HP CD Writer stayed on longer and almost read that
there was a blank CD in the drive I think. Wait one more shot, hang on, nope
E:\ is not accessible. The device is not ready. Same for both D and E drives.
Same message.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PS I'll troubleshoot it more and check the darn jumpers. What a hassle!
--
attilathehun1


"John Dulak" wrote:

attilathehun1 wrote:
Windows Key + e and thanks for that hint. Yeah I view both D drive and E
drive. Both appear and you can alternate click them and view properties and a
list of options. They are recognized in Device Manager, but when I try to put
a CD-ROM disk in them and the LED light that says it's working stays on for
15 seconds and then goes out. So anotherwords, when you right click on the
icons in My Computer it says nothing is in the drive.
Thanks, attilathehun1

Atillathehun1:

Did the drive previously work? Has something recently been changed?

If you just added a drive chech the "Master"/"Slave" jumper.

In device manager; is the drive correctly identified? Usually by
manufacturer and model number. Windows 9x does not need specific
drivers for CD or DVD drives but it must correctly identify them to
use them.

John

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'' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

That response would be correct for a blank CD or DVD.

Start your CD/DVD writing software and see if it detects a blank disk.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"attilathehun1" wrote in message
...
Ok, I just put the game diablo in the DVD drive and it worked, but when I
put
a blank CD disk in the drive it says the drive is empty and then the LED
light stops blinking. I want to burn my PC class intermediate networking
class on a CD. Both drives are recognized in the device manager. To answer
your question about the PC. I put this together from different parts of
PCs.
I did buy the DVD burner for 40 bucks from the PC Club, it's brand new.
The
CD burner is kinda old but it's a good one, HP CD-Writer Plus 9100 Series.
So
anotherwords, they work but they don't recognize blank CDs. I'll give it
another shot right now, hang on. Nope, it says not accessible, the device
is
not ready. The LED on the HP CD Writer stayed on longer and almost read
that
there was a blank CD in the drive I think. Wait one more shot, hang on,
nope
E:\ is not accessible. The device is not ready. Same for both D and E
drives.
Same message.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PS I'll troubleshoot it more and check the darn jumpers. What a hassle!
--
attilathehun1


"John Dulak" wrote:

attilathehun1 wrote:
Windows Key + e and thanks for that hint. Yeah I view both D drive and
E
drive. Both appear and you can alternate click them and view properties
and a
list of options. They are recognized in Device Manager, but when I try
to put
a CD-ROM disk in them and the LED light that says it's working stays on
for
15 seconds and then goes out. So anotherwords, when you right click on
the
icons in My Computer it says nothing is in the drive.
Thanks, attilathehun1

Atillathehun1:

Did the drive previously work? Has something recently been changed?

If you just added a drive chech the "Master"/"Slave" jumper.

In device manager; is the drive correctly identified? Usually by
manufacturer and model number. Windows 9x does not need specific
drivers for CD or DVD drives but it must correctly identify them to
use them.

John

--
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------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------
----------------------------()--------------------------
'' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

"attilathehun1" wrote in message
...
When I put a CD in my DVD or CD drive nothing is recognized. They work
because I wouldn't be able to put a CD in them, but they don't play and
when

When you say "they work because I wouldn't be able to put a CD in them", I
presume you mean the drawer opens when you press the eject/open button. That
doesn't mean they are working beyond that ... could even not be connected,
though I'm not sure if they will eject if not (might vary between drive
models). However ...

I go into Device Manager to see what the problem is, it says that the
device
is working properly but the drivers haven't been installed and the drivers

.... if DM is saying they're working properly, that does suggest they are
connected. (It doesn't need extra drivers - '98 has in-built support for
optical drives, or rather, it will see almost any such drive as a CD-ROM
drive, i. e. read-only.)

aren't needed. I don't know what the heck to think? I'm using Windows 98
SE
[]
When you say "nothing is recognised", what do you mean - Explorer can't see
anything on the CDs, or what? If that is the case, it doesn't sound good,
though two drives dying at once seems unlikely. If by any chance you mean
the CDs don't start up as you expect, that could just be that you've got
autorun turned off, which is easily corrected (I think it's "autoinsert
notification" in the properties of the drives in device manager, BIBCW.).

Essex home for sale, c. £70k: see http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/home/

The devices are reading blank CDs now. The problem seems to be that both
devices are reading the exact same readout. Anotherwords, when you put the
blank CD into the HP CD-Writer Plus 9100 series driver the HP logo and invent
appears and then create HP myCD and create a CD and HP simple back-up or
something to like that. Now the HP CD-Writer is the slave and the master is
the LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S but the master is reading HP myCD and create a
CD and HP simple back-up exactly what the HP CD Writer is reading. I figure
something is fishy! Another thing is now in Device Manager and in Belarc
Downloads the HP CD-Writer Plus 9100 series burner is not showing up as that
and is showing up as (CD-Rom drive) only. Before, it used to say HP CD-Writer
Plus 9100. Now after loading the drivers with the CD that came with the
device, just (CD-Rom drive).
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Attilathehun1
--
attilathehun1


"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

"attilathehun1" wrote in message
...
When I put a CD in my DVD or CD drive nothing is recognized. They work
because I wouldn't be able to put a CD in them, but they don't play and
when

When you say "they work because I wouldn't be able to put a CD in them", I
presume you mean the drawer opens when you press the eject/open button. That
doesn't mean they are working beyond that ... could even not be connected,
though I'm not sure if they will eject if not (might vary between drive
models). However ...

I go into Device Manager to see what the problem is, it says that the
device
is working properly but the drivers haven't been installed and the drivers

.... if DM is saying they're working properly, that does suggest they are
connected. (It doesn't need extra drivers - '98 has in-built support for
optical drives, or rather, it will see almost any such drive as a CD-ROM
drive, i. e. read-only.)

aren't needed. I don't know what the heck to think? I'm using Windows 98
SE
[]
When you say "nothing is recognised", what do you mean - Explorer can't see
anything on the CDs, or what? If that is the case, it doesn't sound good,
though two drives dying at once seems unlikely. If by any chance you mean
the CDs don't start up as you expect, that could just be that you've got
autorun turned off, which is easily corrected (I think it's "autoinsert
notification" in the properties of the drives in device manager, BIBCW.).

Essex home for sale, c. £70k: see http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/home/

"attilathehun1" wrote in message
...
The devices are reading blank CDs now. The problem seems to be that both
devices are reading the exact same readout. Anotherwords, when you put the
blank CD into the HP CD-Writer Plus 9100 series driver the HP logo and
invent
appears and then create HP myCD and create a CD and HP simple back-up or
something to like that. Now the HP CD-Writer is the slave and the master
is
the LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S but the master is reading HP myCD and create
a
CD and HP simple back-up exactly what the HP CD Writer is reading. I
figure
something is fishy! Another thing is now in Device Manager and in Belarc
Downloads the HP CD-Writer Plus 9100 series burner is not showing up as
that
and is showing up as (CD-Rom drive) only. Before, it used to say HP
CD-Writer
Plus 9100. Now after loading the drivers with the CD that came with the
device, just (CD-Rom drive).
[]
I think we might be getting somewhere now.

'98 doesn't, I'm pretty certain, have native support for writers; in most
cases, it will see them as a CD-ROM drive - i. e. reader only. Since you're
now getting the HP logo and invent and create HP myCD, I presume you must
have loaded some software that came with the HP writer, that is detecting
you've put something other than a CD-ROM in, and is firing up "HP myCD"
whatever that is - presumably HP's own writer software (analogous to Roxio
or Nero, which are the commonest two writer softwares).

I'm finding it a little difficult to follow your sentences above (write
shorter sentences, or use more punctuation - I'm not really getting at you,
but I think we'd all be able to help you better!), but I think you are
saying the same happens whichever drive you put the blank into; this sort of
makes sense. I'm not sure if you mean you have (now or at some time in the
past) installed HP software, and then recently installed some more software
that came with the LITEON drive; anyway, it sounds as if both drives are now
recognised as a writer by whichever software is firing up first, so the same
result will apparently ensue whichever drive you put the blank in. Since
it's saying HP, I presume it's the HP software; whether that software would
actually work with the LITEON drive, I don't know.

It _may_ pay you to uninstall the HP software (which you _may_ have to do by
"removing" the drive in Device Manager); that all depends whether the two
softwares interact adversely with each other. (Make sure you've still got
the CD it came on though in case it is needed after all!)

_Have_ you installed any software that came with the LITEON? If so, do you
know what it's called (Nero is commonest)?
--
J. P. Gilliver | Tel: +44 1634 203298

Essex home for sale, c. £70k: see http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/home/

Anotherwords, the master is reading the same as the HP CD-Writer 9100 series
slave drive. You put a CD in the Lite-ON drive and up comes HP My-CD as if I
put a CD in the HP myCD. Both drives are reading HP myCD creates. I think I
need to load up the drivers for the Lite-ON but I can't find the CD
installation disc that came with the device.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, attilathehun1
--
attilathehun1


"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

"attilathehun1" wrote in message
...
The devices are reading blank CDs now. The problem seems to be that both
devices are reading the exact same readout. Anotherwords, when you put the
blank CD into the HP CD-Writer Plus 9100 series driver the HP logo and
invent
appears and then create HP myCD and create a CD and HP simple back-up or
something to like that. Now the HP CD-Writer is the slave and the master
is
the LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S but the master is reading HP myCD and create
a
CD and HP simple back-up exactly what the HP CD Writer is reading. I
figure
something is fishy! Another thing is now in Device Manager and in Belarc
Downloads the HP CD-Writer Plus 9100 series burner is not showing up as
that
and is showing up as (CD-Rom drive) only. Before, it used to say HP
CD-Writer
Plus 9100. Now after loading the drivers with the CD that came with the
device, just (CD-Rom drive).
[]
I think we might be getting somewhere now.

'98 doesn't, I'm pretty certain, have native support for writers; in most
cases, it will see them as a CD-ROM drive - i. e. reader only. Since you're
now getting the HP logo and invent and create HP myCD, I presume you must
have loaded some software that came with the HP writer, that is detecting
you've put something other than a CD-ROM in, and is firing up "HP myCD"
whatever that is - presumably HP's own writer software (analogous to Roxio
or Nero, which are the commonest two writer softwares).

I'm finding it a little difficult to follow your sentences above (write
shorter sentences, or use more punctuation - I'm not really getting at you,
but I think we'd all be able to help you better!), but I think you are
saying the same happens whichever drive you put the blank into; this sort of
makes sense. I'm not sure if you mean you have (now or at some time in the
past) installed HP software, and then recently installed some more software
that came with the LITEON drive; anyway, it sounds as if both drives are now
recognised as a writer by whichever software is firing up first, so the same
result will apparently ensue whichever drive you put the blank in. Since
it's saying HP, I presume it's the HP software; whether that software would
actually work with the LITEON drive, I don't know.

It _may_ pay you to uninstall the HP software (which you _may_ have to do by
"removing" the drive in Device Manager); that all depends whether the two
softwares interact adversely with each other. (Make sure you've still got
the CD it came on though in case it is needed after all!)

_Have_ you installed any software that came with the LITEON? If so, do you
know what it's called (Nero is commonest)?
--
J. P. Gilliver | Tel: +44 1634 203298

Essex home for sale, c. £70k: see http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/home/