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Old May 19th 04, 10:08 PM
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Old May 20th 04, 08:48 PM
Shelly
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-----Original Message-----

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What kind of a reply is this?

Well I'm still having problems and can not use my CD-ROM
Drive. I am thinking about having someone reboot my
entire computer and get rid of windowsME unfortunately I
will lose everything on my computer but at least hopefully
then I'll be able to use my cd drive. I can't seem to find
any other solution on how to fix my problem. The cd-rom
works and it's listed in the bios but still unable to get
the computer to recognize it. Thanks for all the help

Shelly
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Old May 21st 04, 02:31 AM
Shelly
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Hi Mike,

No I agree no one has said to remove windowsME, but I'm
also not sure how to establish my secondary IDE. I was
also told by someone that I shouldn't need my secondary
IDE. So I'm not really sure whatelse to do from here but
to reboot my computer and remove WindowsME in the process.
Unless anyone has any solutions. Thanks
Shelly
-----Original Message-----
I see nowhere where anyone has said to remove Win Me.

What you need to do is
establish why your secondary IDE controller is showing

Code 9 in the Device
Manager.
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Old May 21st 04, 02:59 AM
Mike M
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Since your CD-ROM is currently attached to your secondary controller then I'd
say you do need it otherwise you wouldn't be posting here about having
problems and not being able to use your CD-ROM. :-) I do admit though that
one solution to your problem would be to open the PC case and transfer the
CD-ROM from being on the secondary controller to being the second or slave
device on the primary controller sharing it with your hard drive, assuming
that you only have the two IDE devices, one hard drive and one CD-ROM.
Naturally this wouldn't work if you have two hard drives, master and slave, on
the primary controller.

Now that's not the route I'd take but it might be considered to be the easy
option however it would still leave unresolved why your secondary controller
is currently disabled. If you do choose to take this route make sure that you
check the jumpers on the CD-ROM and ensure that it is configured as a Slave
device after which you would need to plug it into the spare socket on the
cable to your hard disk. The only problem here is likely to be the internal
layout of your PC and if the hard disk is relatively low down and the CD-ROM
high up then I doubt that the IDE cable would be long enough.
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Shelly wrote:

Hi Mike,

No I agree no one has said to remove windowsME, but I'm
also not sure how to establish my secondary IDE. I was
also told by someone that I shouldn't need my secondary
IDE. So I'm not really sure whatelse to do from here but
to reboot my computer and remove WindowsME in the process.
Unless anyone has any solutions. Thanks



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Old May 21st 04, 03:49 AM
Shelly
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Mike,
How do you know that my cd-rom is connected to my
secondary controller? And are you talking about the
cables that plug into my cd-rom? I believe I only have
two cables able to plug into my cd-rom. there is a large
one and then there is a smaller one that has the number 2
on it. Also why would it all work prior to downloading
WindowsME, I didn't change anything?

Shelly


-----Original Message-----
Since your CD-ROM is currently attached to your secondary

controller then I'd
say you do need it otherwise you wouldn't be posting here

about having
problems and not being able to use your CD-ROM. :-) I

do admit though that
one solution to your problem would be to open the PC case

and transfer the
CD-ROM from being on the secondary controller to being

the second or slave
device on the primary controller sharing it with your

hard drive, assuming
that you only have the two IDE devices, one hard drive

and one CD-ROM.
Naturally this wouldn't work if you have two hard drives,

master and slave, on
the primary controller.

Now that's not the route I'd take but it might be

considered to be the easy
option however it would still leave unresolved why your

secondary controller
is currently disabled. If you do choose to take this

route make sure that you
check the jumpers on the CD-ROM and ensure that it is

configured as a Slave
device after which you would need to plug it into the

spare socket on the
cable to your hard disk. The only problem here is likely

to be the internal
layout of your PC and if the hard disk is relatively low

down and the CD-ROM
high up then I doubt that the IDE cable would be long

enough.
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP




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Old May 21st 04, 04:20 AM
Mike M
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How do I know? Loop back to your first question - why can't Win Me see my
CD-ROM and the various answers you have since supplied. I would strongly
recommend as I have previously that you get a friend to help you with this
problem. Alternatively take your PC into your local PC repair shop.
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Shelly wrote:

Mike,
How do you know that my cd-rom is connected to my
secondary controller? And are you talking about the
cables that plug into my cd-rom? I believe I only have
two cables able to plug into my cd-rom. there is a large
one and then there is a smaller one that has the number 2
on it. Also why would it all work prior to downloading
WindowsME, I didn't change anything?



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Old June 5th 04, 10:16 PM
Graham Womack
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Default CD Drive

I assume you're using Windows ME. If so, I had the same problem. You might want to check the 'Force Compatibility Mode Disk Access' setting in MSCONFIG (Advanced). It appears this should be *unchecked*, in order for CD drives to work.

For full details see the thread I raised for this "IDE Controller Error (Code 10)"
 




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