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Ping: Noel - CDRTC.DLL
Noel:
After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. My only hope is replacement, but will it work? What is the status on my report? Harry. |
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Noel - CDRTC.DLL
Harry,
I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions. Just to recap :- When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters, according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected? (e.g. A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,) Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive letters? Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS? BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News Groups. Mart "webster72n" wrote in message ... Noel: After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. My only hope is replacement, but will it work? What is the status on my report? Harry. |
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Noel - CDRTC.DLL
Mart: Thanks for the reply, but where is Noel? Hope he is not ill. Concerning your question about my drives, I'm a bit at a loss, because of what happened in between with my harddrive, if you can recall. When fixing that, I came across a feature to partition unallocated space and I went ahead to do that. It worked too, but in the process the new drive became 'E' and CD-Rom went from 'E' to 'F', leaving the error messages unchanged. Also I seem to recall CD-ROM being 'R/W' instead of just 'W'. As for the rest of your question, I need specific instructions for producing the required information. I did send my aida32-report to Noel with no response. To tell you the truth, I'm at the end of my tolerance and ready to replace the CD-ROM drive in the hope this will fix it. The exact error messages a "The disk in drive F is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?" Clicking on "Yes" brings up: "This drive cannot be formatted". Next I get the message: "The disk in drive F cannot be formatted.." An inserted disk is not recognized and , as a matter of fact, none of the specific abilities/properties of the drive show up, including 'Format' and 'Eject', with eject still being listed and format not. Harry. "Mart" wrote in message ... Harry, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions. Just to recap :- When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters, according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected? (e.g. A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,) Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive letters? Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS? BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News Groups. Mart "webster72n" wrote in message ... Noel: After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. My only hope is replacement, but will it work? What is the status on my report? Harry. |
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Noel - CDRTC.DLL
It must have escaped my attention, Mart, but how does one "confirm" the CD-ROM (there's only one) in Real Mode DOS? Somehow I have the suspicion, that's where the problem originated. Harry. "Mart" wrote in message ... Harry, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions. Just to recap :- When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters, according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected? (e.g. A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,) Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive letters? Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS? BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News Groups. Mart "webster72n" wrote in message ... Noel: After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. My only hope is replacement, but will it work? What is the status on my report? Harry. |
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Noel - CDRTC.DLL
What in heck is "REAL MODE DOS"???? Is this Merkin-speak for something?
WinME doesn't have DOS. So pardon me if I ask you what in h*ll you are talking about. I think it is about time you took that machine into a tech who knows what he is doing and forget mucking about yourself......you usually screw it up good!! And then do another reinstall.....#65 coming up?? I have lost track. HF "webster72n" wrote in message ... It must have escaped my attention, Mart, but how does one "confirm" the CD-ROM (there's only one) in Real Mode DOS? Somehow I have the suspicion, that's where the problem originated. Harry. "Mart" wrote in message ... Harry, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions. Just to recap :- When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters, according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected? (e.g. A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,) Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive letters? Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS? BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News Groups. Mart "webster72n" wrote in message ... Noel: After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. My only hope is replacement, but will it work? What is the status on my report? Harry. |
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Noel - CDRTC.DLL
What'n the h*** are you raving about, Heather? All you have to do is, look at Mart's last thread, I didn't make that up. As for the rest of your comments, I can do without, thank you. Harry. "Heather" wrote in message ... What in heck is "REAL MODE DOS"???? Is this Merkin-speak for something? WinME doesn't have DOS. So pardon me if I ask you what in h*ll you are talking about. I think it is about time you took that machine into a tech who knows what he is doing and forget mucking about yourself......you usually screw it up good!! And then do another reinstall.....#65 coming up?? I have lost track. HF "webster72n" wrote in message ... It must have escaped my attention, Mart, but how does one "confirm" the CD-ROM (there's only one) in Real Mode DOS? Somehow I have the suspicion, that's where the problem originated. Harry. "Mart" wrote in message ... Harry, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions. Just to recap :- When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters, according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected? (e.g. A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,) Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive letters? Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS? BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News Groups. Mart "webster72n" wrote in message ... Noel: After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. My only hope is replacement, but will it work? What is the status on my report? Harry. |
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Noel - CDRTC.DLL
Mart:
In Safe Mode the "Compact Disk (F)" doesn't show as in windows. In Device Manager the "Teac CD-W58E" is listed also But it lost its ability to read and that's entirely possible, as mentioned before. In that instance a replacement is the only solution. As far as I am concerned: 'case closed!' Harry. "Mart" wrote in message ... Harry, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions. Just to recap :- When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters, according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected? (e.g. A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,) Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive letters? Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS? BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News Groups. Mart "webster72n" wrote in message ... Noel: After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. My only hope is replacement, but will it work? What is the status on my report? Harry. |
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Noel - CDRTC.DLL
First a note to Heather :-
It's been a V E R Y L O N G trek Heather, - around the houses, but Harry and I are (I hope) making some progress, albeit three forward and two back. I hope to nail the issue of a 'suspect' CD-ROM (writer) so please bear with me. BTW - Real Mode DOS - as per WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk. Oh! and Harry, NOT Safe Mode!! Now to Harry, put your Error Report to one side for a moment - with a bit of luck things *should* become clearer. You need to try to determine whether the problem with your CD-ROM drive is a WinMe/Software issue or a genuine 'faulty' CD-ROM and/or associated cabling/connections. 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 your CD-ROM. You should be aware that the drive letter may not necessarily the same letter as you would expect to see in Windows. For example, you may 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 'good' data CD (e.g. cover disk from a magazine) 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 "webster72n" wrote in message ... What'n the h*** are you raving about, Heather? All you have to do is, look at Mart's last thread, I didn't make that up. As for the rest of your comments, I can do without, thank you. Harry. "Heather" wrote in message ... What in heck is "REAL MODE DOS"???? Is this Merkin-speak for something? WinME doesn't have DOS. So pardon me if I ask you what in h*ll you are talking about. I think it is about time you took that machine into a tech who knows what he is doing and forget mucking about yourself......you usually screw it up good!! And then do another reinstall.....#65 coming up?? I have lost track. HF "webster72n" wrote in message ... It must have escaped my attention, Mart, but how does one "confirm" the CD-ROM (there's only one) in Real Mode DOS? Somehow I have the suspicion, that's where the problem originated. Harry. "Mart" wrote in message ... Harry, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions. Just to recap :- When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters, according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected? (e.g. A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,) Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive letters? Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS? BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News Groups. Mart "webster72n" wrote in message ... Noel: After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. My only hope is replacement, but will it work? What is the status on my report? Harry. |
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Noel - CDRTC.DLL
Harry,
FWIW, it seems the source of your problem with this issue may be the fact that you partitioned the unallocated space on the hard disk. Where did you come "across a feature to partition unallocated space?" When you created the new partition, did the "feature" you reference re-map the drives? If not, I suspect you've got quite a mess on your hands and thus the reason you're seeing the error message(s). Tom webster72n wrote: Mart: Thanks for the reply, but where is Noel? Hope he is not ill. Concerning your question about my drives, I'm a bit at a loss, because of what happened in between with my harddrive, if you can recall. When fixing that, I came across a feature to partition unallocated space and I went ahead to do that. It worked too, but in the process the new drive became 'E' and CD-Rom went from 'E' to 'F', leaving the error messages unchanged. Also I seem to recall CD-ROM being 'R/W' instead of just 'W'. As for the rest of your question, I need specific instructions for producing the required information. I did send my aida32-report to Noel with no response. To tell you the truth, I'm at the end of my tolerance and ready to replace the CD-ROM drive in the hope this will fix it. The exact error messages a "The disk in drive F is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?" Clicking on "Yes" brings up: "This drive cannot be formatted". Next I get the message: "The disk in drive F cannot be formatted.." An inserted disk is not recognized and , as a matter of fact, none of the specific abilities/properties of the drive show up, including 'Format' and 'Eject', with eject still being listed and format not. Harry. |
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Noel - CDRTC.DLL
Harry, you WILL NOT SEE your CD-ROM in Safe Mode (except in DevMan) as the
drivers are not loaded. Therefore cannot be accessed (or seen) in Windows Explorer. See my other reply. Mart "webster72n" wrote in message ... Mart: In Safe Mode the "Compact Disk (F)" doesn't show as in windows. In Device Manager the "Teac CD-W58E" is listed also But it lost its ability to read and that's entirely possible, as mentioned before. In that instance a replacement is the only solution. As far as I am concerned: 'case closed!' Harry. "Mart" wrote in message ... Harry, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. Please give the EXACT error message - and, under what conditions. Just to recap :- When things were normal g what were ALL your 'original' drive letters, according to Windows Explorer and what drives did you have connected? (e.g. A=FDD, C=HDD0, D=HDD1, E=CD-ROM[reader], F=CD-ROM[burner] etc.,) Are they ALL still shown in WE now and what are their current drive letters? Have you confirmed (and tested) the CD-ROM's in Real Mode DOS? BTW - can you please try to remember to post in Plain Text in the News Groups. Mart "webster72n" wrote in message ... Noel: After making sure all evidence of "Adaptec" is removed, following your instructions, I still get the very same error message and nothing changed from the way it was before. My only hope is replacement, but will it work? What is the status on my report? Harry. |
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