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.