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-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "mu;cd" wrote in message ... |
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-----Original Message----- . 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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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. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Shelly wrote: -----Original Message----- . 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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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. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP |
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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. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP 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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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. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP |
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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. -- 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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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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