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Old February 15th 05, 03:03 AM
Edward Letendre
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Default cd rom drive disappears when I install a new hard drive ???

Okay, I have a question for the experts here.

I have a dell dimension XPS D266 computer (pentium II computer, I believe).
Anyway, this computer is running windows 98. When the computer was first
setup, it had a C drive (8 gigs in size) and an NEC cd rom drive (setup as
drive D).

I recently added a second hard drive to the system (a fujistu hard drive, 20
gigs in size) and that drive has become drive D. Now when the system starts,
the cd rom drive does not appear in my computer icon, but when I run any
applications or insert a cd, I can run programs from the cd rom drive and the
computer recognizes the cd drom drive as drive E.

When I removed the new fujitsu hard drive and set the computer back to just
a c drive and the cd rom drive, everything was okay, except for the fact that
I had losted the cd rom drive for awhile until I removed the cd rom drive and
let windows 98 detect the cd rom drive again.


I reinstalled the fujitsu hard drive again, and the bios recognizes that
there are two hard drives and a cd rom drive, but again the my computer
windows/Icon shows that there is no cd rom drive, just a c drive and a d
drive. When you right click on my computer icon and check the hardware
window, the cd rom drive is displayed there along with the two hard drives.

I tried to remove and re-detect the cd rom drive in the hardware section of
my computer but no cd rom drive was added to the my computer window. Its as
if the computer will not let the user see the cd rom drive, but its there and
you can run applications off the cd rom drive. You can reference the cd rom
drive as drive E.

Does anyone know what has happened and can anyone explain ow I can fix this
problem?

Edward Letendre.
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Old February 15th 05, 07:01 AM
Jeff Richards
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Is TweakUI installed? If so, check that you haven't hidden any drive
letters.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Edward Letendre" wrote in
message ...
Okay, I have a question for the experts here.

I have a dell dimension XPS D266 computer (pentium II computer, I
believe).
Anyway, this computer is running windows 98. When the computer was first
setup, it had a C drive (8 gigs in size) and an NEC cd rom drive (setup as
drive D).

I recently added a second hard drive to the system (a fujistu hard drive,
20
gigs in size) and that drive has become drive D. Now when the system
starts,
the cd rom drive does not appear in my computer icon, but when I run any
applications or insert a cd, I can run programs from the cd rom drive and
the
computer recognizes the cd drom drive as drive E.

When I removed the new fujitsu hard drive and set the computer back to
just
a c drive and the cd rom drive, everything was okay, except for the fact
that
I had losted the cd rom drive for awhile until I removed the cd rom drive
and
let windows 98 detect the cd rom drive again.


I reinstalled the fujitsu hard drive again, and the bios recognizes that
there are two hard drives and a cd rom drive, but again the my computer
windows/Icon shows that there is no cd rom drive, just a c drive and a d
drive. When you right click on my computer icon and check the hardware
window, the cd rom drive is displayed there along with the two hard
drives.

I tried to remove and re-detect the cd rom drive in the hardware section
of
my computer but no cd rom drive was added to the my computer window. Its
as
if the computer will not let the user see the cd rom drive, but its there
and
you can run applications off the cd rom drive. You can reference the cd
rom
drive as drive E.

Does anyone know what has happened and can anyone explain ow I can fix
this
problem?

Edward Letendre.



  #3  
Old February 15th 05, 02:17 PM
RobertVA
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Edward Letendre wrote:
Okay, I have a question for the experts here.

I have a dell dimension XPS D266 computer (pentium II computer, I believe).
Anyway, this computer is running windows 98. When the computer was first
setup, it had a C drive (8 gigs in size) and an NEC cd rom drive (setup as
drive D).

I recently added a second hard drive to the system (a fujistu hard drive, 20
gigs in size) and that drive has become drive D. Now when the system starts,
the cd rom drive does not appear in my computer icon, but when I run any
applications or insert a cd, I can run programs from the cd rom drive and the
computer recognizes the cd drom drive as drive E.

When I removed the new fujitsu hard drive and set the computer back to just
a c drive and the cd rom drive, everything was okay, except for the fact that
I had losted the cd rom drive for awhile until I removed the cd rom drive and
let windows 98 detect the cd rom drive again.


I reinstalled the fujitsu hard drive again, and the bios recognizes that
there are two hard drives and a cd rom drive, but again the my computer
windows/Icon shows that there is no cd rom drive, just a c drive and a d
drive. When you right click on my computer icon and check the hardware
window, the cd rom drive is displayed there along with the two hard drives.

I tried to remove and re-detect the cd rom drive in the hardware section of
my computer but no cd rom drive was added to the my computer window. Its as
if the computer will not let the user see the cd rom drive, but its there and
you can run applications off the cd rom drive. You can reference the cd rom
drive as drive E.

Does anyone know what has happened and can anyone explain ow I can fix this
problem?

Edward Letendre.


If a CD or DVD drive is installed as drive D and a hard drive is
installed latter, the new hard drives WILL assume the letters following
C. Similar situations occur when memory drives like digital camera
memory card readers are installed. As a result, any application
installed before the second hard drive will continue to falsely assume
drive D should still be a CD/DVD drive. The best solution to this
problem is to reassign the CD/DVD to a high drive letter (in the second
half of the alphabet) during Windows installation or as soon as posible
after the computer is delivered. If you have access to an application's
installation media and any required product keys you can uninstall an
application and then reinstall it after assigning the CD/DVD drive the
high drive letter.

Most computers sold in the last several years have two IDE ports. Each
port can support one or two drives connected to a single cable. On each
port/cable each drive can be the master or slave device. The port will
not recognize the drives properly if two are configured as master OR two
are configured as slave. The master/slave configuration is ussually
accomplished with the relocation of a electrical jumper block located
betwen the data and power connections at the back of the drive. Many
drives can also be configured as "cable select" and assume master/slave
roles depending on which connector on the ribbon cable the drives are
connected to. You may need to change your computer's CMOS settings to
use cable select master/slave assignment. Drive jumper settings are
often documented on the drives label and should be available on the
manufacturer's web site.

Most people recommend installing hard drives on the first IDE port and
CD/DVD drives on the second port.
  #4  
Old February 16th 05, 12:05 AM
Edward Letendre
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Acutually that was part of the problem. I installed tweakUI on the computer
just a few minutes ago. All drive letters from drive E onward are checked
off or to be hidden. Once I re-checked the E drive and the F drive and
rebooted the system, the E drive was displayed and the cd rom drive was
working again, as it had been before. Thanks for the information. I really
appreciate it.

Edward Letendre.


"Jeff Richards" wrote:

Is TweakUI installed? If so, check that you haven't hidden any drive
letters.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Edward Letendre" wrote in
message ...
Okay, I have a question for the experts here.

I have a dell dimension XPS D266 computer (pentium II computer, I
believe).
Anyway, this computer is running windows 98. When the computer was first
setup, it had a C drive (8 gigs in size) and an NEC cd rom drive (setup as
drive D).

I recently added a second hard drive to the system (a fujistu hard drive,
20
gigs in size) and that drive has become drive D. Now when the system
starts,
the cd rom drive does not appear in my computer icon, but when I run any
applications or insert a cd, I can run programs from the cd rom drive and
the
computer recognizes the cd drom drive as drive E.

When I removed the new fujitsu hard drive and set the computer back to
just
a c drive and the cd rom drive, everything was okay, except for the fact
that
I had losted the cd rom drive for awhile until I removed the cd rom drive
and
let windows 98 detect the cd rom drive again.


I reinstalled the fujitsu hard drive again, and the bios recognizes that
there are two hard drives and a cd rom drive, but again the my computer
windows/Icon shows that there is no cd rom drive, just a c drive and a d
drive. When you right click on my computer icon and check the hardware
window, the cd rom drive is displayed there along with the two hard
drives.

I tried to remove and re-detect the cd rom drive in the hardware section
of
my computer but no cd rom drive was added to the my computer window. Its
as
if the computer will not let the user see the cd rom drive, but its there
and
you can run applications off the cd rom drive. You can reference the cd
rom
drive as drive E.

Does anyone know what has happened and can anyone explain ow I can fix
this
problem?

Edward Letendre.




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Old February 16th 05, 12:07 AM
Edward Letendre
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I appreciate the information. I will print out your advice and keep the
information handy. The use of TweakUI helped in that all drives from drive E
and up were hidden or checked off. I am not sure why they would be check off
or displayed as hidden drives. This corrected the problem and the cd rom
drive is now displayed again. As for the order inwhich the drives are
installed. The two hard drives are setup as a slave (the fujitsu drive) and
master (the original drive that was setup in the computer in the first place
and the cd rom drive is located on the other ide cable coming out from the
motherboard. It apperas that everything else is okay with the system, but
you never know.

Edward Letendre.


"RobertVA" wrote:

Edward Letendre wrote:
Okay, I have a question for the experts here.

I have a dell dimension XPS D266 computer (pentium II computer, I believe).
Anyway, this computer is running windows 98. When the computer was first
setup, it had a C drive (8 gigs in size) and an NEC cd rom drive (setup as
drive D).

I recently added a second hard drive to the system (a fujistu hard drive, 20
gigs in size) and that drive has become drive D. Now when the system starts,
the cd rom drive does not appear in my computer icon, but when I run any
applications or insert a cd, I can run programs from the cd rom drive and the
computer recognizes the cd drom drive as drive E.

When I removed the new fujitsu hard drive and set the computer back to just
a c drive and the cd rom drive, everything was okay, except for the fact that
I had losted the cd rom drive for awhile until I removed the cd rom drive and
let windows 98 detect the cd rom drive again.


I reinstalled the fujitsu hard drive again, and the bios recognizes that
there are two hard drives and a cd rom drive, but again the my computer
windows/Icon shows that there is no cd rom drive, just a c drive and a d
drive. When you right click on my computer icon and check the hardware
window, the cd rom drive is displayed there along with the two hard drives.

I tried to remove and re-detect the cd rom drive in the hardware section of
my computer but no cd rom drive was added to the my computer window. Its as
if the computer will not let the user see the cd rom drive, but its there and
you can run applications off the cd rom drive. You can reference the cd rom
drive as drive E.

Does anyone know what has happened and can anyone explain ow I can fix this
problem?

Edward Letendre.


If a CD or DVD drive is installed as drive D and a hard drive is
installed latter, the new hard drives WILL assume the letters following
C. Similar situations occur when memory drives like digital camera
memory card readers are installed. As a result, any application
installed before the second hard drive will continue to falsely assume
drive D should still be a CD/DVD drive. The best solution to this
problem is to reassign the CD/DVD to a high drive letter (in the second
half of the alphabet) during Windows installation or as soon as posible
after the computer is delivered. If you have access to an application's
installation media and any required product keys you can uninstall an
application and then reinstall it after assigning the CD/DVD drive the
high drive letter.

Most computers sold in the last several years have two IDE ports. Each
port can support one or two drives connected to a single cable. On each
port/cable each drive can be the master or slave device. The port will
not recognize the drives properly if two are configured as master OR two
are configured as slave. The master/slave configuration is ussually
accomplished with the relocation of a electrical jumper block located
betwen the data and power connections at the back of the drive. Many
drives can also be configured as "cable select" and assume master/slave
roles depending on which connector on the ribbon cable the drives are
connected to. You may need to change your computer's CMOS settings to
use cable select master/slave assignment. Drive jumper settings are
often documented on the drives label and should be available on the
manufacturer's web site.

Most people recommend installing hard drives on the first IDE port and
CD/DVD drives on the second port.

  #6  
Old February 16th 05, 01:55 AM
Jeff Richards
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You're welcome, and thanks for letting us know that you got it sorted out.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Edward Letendre" wrote in
message ...
Acutually that was part of the problem. I installed tweakUI on the
computer
just a few minutes ago. All drive letters from drive E onward are checked
off or to be hidden. Once I re-checked the E drive and the F drive and
rebooted the system, the E drive was displayed and the cd rom drive was
working again, as it had been before. Thanks for the information. I
really
appreciate it.

Edward Letendre.



 




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