D DRIVE NOT WORKING

I had the same problem, replaced drive and still nothing ,
any ideas
-----Original Message-----
Open the case and confirm that each cable end for the
troubled drive is
seated correctly.
Confirm that the drive will spin up on startup.
Use an inexpensive audio CD cleaning kit (disk) to clean
the drive's
head.

If the drive is detected at POST, and is displayed in
Windows File
Manager, but cannot be read or written, it may well be
defective.
Fortunately, a new drive is very inexpensive now, even
52X speed.
You may wish to upgrade to a DVD reader or a CD-RW now.
--
Jack E. Martinelli 2002-04 MVP for Win9X / DTS
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"MARK" wrote in
message
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My D Drive won't read discs any more but my e drive is
still working perfectly. (They are both CD Drives) can
anyone suggest how to restore this.

Cheers
Mark

.

Patty
Try this
Boot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL DVD/CD drives
Remove ALL HD's
Remove ALL IDE Master Controllers
Remove ALL error-flagged devices
Remove ALL entries in the 'Other Devices' branch - if present
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall required drivers.

See if that helps

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

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"patty" wrote in message
...
I had the same problem, replaced drive and still nothing ,
any ideas
-----Original Message-----
Open the case and confirm that each cable end for the
troubled drive is
seated correctly.
Confirm that the drive will spin up on startup.
Use an inexpensive audio CD cleaning kit (disk) to clean
the drive's
head.

If the drive is detected at POST, and is displayed in
Windows File
Manager, but cannot be read or written, it may well be
defective.
Fortunately, a new drive is very inexpensive now, even
52X speed.
You may wish to upgrade to a DVD reader or a CD-RW now.
--
Jack E. Martinelli 2002-04 MVP for Win9X / DTS
Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
Your cooperation is very appreciated.
____
"MARK" wrote in
message
...
My D Drive won't read discs any more but my e drive is
still working perfectly. (They are both CD Drives) can
anyone suggest how to restore this.

Cheers
Mark

.