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Old April 11th 05, 05:52 PM
robert
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my cd drive not reading cds it said there is no cd in drive with all cds that
are put in any help will be greatful .
robert kilpatrick
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Old April 11th 05, 06:05 PM
Mart
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First question - has anyone been 'under the bonnet' and disturbed any of the
wiring within the computer?

You must ensure that the PC does actually 'see' the CD-ROM. Its cables *may*
have become dislodged. Either look in the BIOS to see if it is recognised
there, or confirm that you can 'see' it in Real Mode DOS

To 'see' it in Real Mode DOS, 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 the CD-ROM - but note that it may not
necessarily the same letter as you would expect to see in Windows.

For example, you should 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 (data) CD 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


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my cd drive not reading cds it said there is no cd in drive with all cds
that
are put in any help will be greatful .
robert kilpatrick



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Old April 13th 05, 10:20 AM
Mike Cawood, HND BIT
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"robert" wrote in message
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my cd drive not reading cds it said there is no cd in drive with all

cds that
are put in any help will be greatful .
robert kilpatrick


Is there any vibration when the CD drive operates, I had that once and
the CD drive was decidely dead!
Regards Mike.

 




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