CD won't read

I made a backup of some files on my other PC (Win XP) which has crashed.
The hard drive has been in the shop for a couple of weeks and I need to get
to some of those files.

I put the CD in my Win 98 SE machine and it doesn't register that it's even
there. I put it in the CD-W and it registers but it shows nothing.

What can I tweak to get this PC to read that CD?

I'll be forever grateful! :-)

Debbie

"DebbieG" wrote in message
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I made a backup of some files on my other PC (Win XP) which has crashed.
The hard drive has been in the shop for a couple of weeks and I need to
get
to some of those files.

I put the CD in my Win 98 SE machine and it doesn't register that it's
even
there. I put it in the CD-W and it registers but it shows nothing.

What can I tweak to get this PC to read that CD?

Test the CD in the PC that made it, to be
sure the CD (a) is generally OK, (b) has been
formatted to read in CD-ROM drives. (Some
CDR software lets you choose (b) or not.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Can I test it in the PC that made it without a hard drive?

Debbie

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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| "DebbieG" wrote in message
| ...
|
| I made a backup of some files on my other PC (Win XP) which has crashed.
| The hard drive has been in the shop for a couple of weeks and I need to
| get
| to some of those files.
|
| I put the CD in my Win 98 SE machine and it doesn't register that it's
| even
| there. I put it in the CD-W and it registers but it shows nothing.
|
| What can I tweak to get this PC to read that CD?
|
| Test the CD in the PC that made it, to be
| sure the CD (a) is generally OK, (b) has been
| formatted to read in CD-ROM drives. (Some
| CDR software lets you choose (b) or not.)
|
| --
| Don Phillipson
| Carlsbad Springs
| (Ottawa, Canada)
|
|
|

DebbieG wrote in message ...
Can I test it in the PC that made it without a hard drive?

Yes. Use a floppy boot disk to boot to the command prompt.

Change to the CD drive and type DIR.

If you get a directory list, then we can discuss options.

The easiest one might be to remove the CDROM drive
from the XP machine and install it in the 98 machine.

OK, I got the PC without the hard drive to boot up. But I can't get to the
CD drive. I've forgotten a lot of DOS so can you tell me how to access the
CD drive?

Thanks,
Debbie


"Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
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|
| DebbieG wrote in message
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| Can I test it in the PC that made it without a hard drive?
|
| Yes. Use a floppy boot disk to boot to the command prompt.
|
| Change to the CD drive and type DIR.
|
| If you get a directory list, then we can discuss options.
|
| The easiest one might be to remove the CDROM drive
| from the XP machine and install it in the 98 machine.
|
|
|

I remembered the command, but I am getting the Abort/Retry/Fail message.
When I press F 3 times, it states "Fail on INT 24".

Debbie


"Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
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|
| DebbieG wrote in message
...
| Can I test it in the PC that made it without a hard drive?
|
| Yes. Use a floppy boot disk to boot to the command prompt.
|
| Change to the CD drive and type DIR.
|
| If you get a directory list, then we can discuss options.
|
| The easiest one might be to remove the CDROM drive
| from the XP machine and install it in the 98 machine.
|
|
|

I think I know what my problem is ... I don't have a WIN XP restore disk, so
I'm using my Win 98 restore disk. Could this be my problem?

If so, could someone send me a WIN XP restore disk?

debbieg at accessus dot net

I'm about ready to throw all 3 of my PCs in the trash!!!!!

Debbie


"Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
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|
| DebbieG wrote in message
...
| Can I test it in the PC that made it without a hard drive?
|
| Yes. Use a floppy boot disk to boot to the command prompt.
|
| Change to the CD drive and type DIR.
|
| If you get a directory list, then we can discuss options.
|
| The easiest one might be to remove the CDROM drive
| from the XP machine and install it in the 98 machine.
|
|
|