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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. |
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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. |
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"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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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"Mart" wrote: 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. Hi Mart, I wouldn't have a clue how to get under the bed never mind this machine. You're right I can't open the CD-ROM from the button at the front of the CPU and the Orange light is on permanent were it's normally off or flashing . I deleted some files last week and this happened, so I quickly restored them back and the CD-ROM worked again,weather this was a factor or not.Was just wondering when I was deleting those Norton Files and Temp's did I make a ricky somewhere.Checking through "MS,Troubleshooting" all day,and these Forums but only found one thing,probably has nothing to do with my problem. "MS" Artical ID:275499 (Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues Using The Driver Information Database) "Mart" please don't think I'm trying to under-mind your efforts,not by a long way,us "Dummies" couldn't survive in this "Tec"world without you folks. If it is a new CD-ROM I need, could you recommend a good one,I'm from your side of the water and price is no-matter. Could you look into the other matter I asked about,the faded out Files&Folders, Thank You. |
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Hi Seamey, - from my side of the water? The UK? Then your clock is 8 hrs
behind GMT (UK time) g The fact that you cant get it to work in (Real Mode) DOS (via the Startup floppy Disk) means that WinMe (and your hard drive) are completely eliminated from the equation. - Although your deletions of the Norton files etc. *may* raise their head later - hence one thing at a time g. I wouldn't really recommend any specific make of CD-ROM as I think most are made by only a couple of manufacturers and just re-badged. Mine are LG but don't take that as an endorsement. Try your local PC store (PC World?) and see what they have to offer. You may wish to think of replacing it with a burner (CD-RW) but you will need suitable software. In the meantime, I'll have a think about the 'faded folders' Mart "Seamey.T" wrote in message ... "Mart" wrote: 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. Hi Mart, I wouldn't have a clue how to get under the bed never mind this machine. You're right I can't open the CD-ROM from the button at the front of the CPU and the Orange light is on permanent were it's normally off or flashing . I deleted some files last week and this happened, so I quickly restored them back and the CD-ROM worked again,weather this was a factor or not.Was just wondering when I was deleting those Norton Files and Temp's did I make a ricky somewhere.Checking through "MS,Troubleshooting" all day,and these Forums but only found one thing,probably has nothing to do with my problem. "MS" Artical ID:275499 (Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues Using The Driver Information Database) "Mart" please don't think I'm trying to under-mind your efforts,not by a long way,us "Dummies" couldn't survive in this "Tec"world without you folks. If it is a new CD-ROM I need, could you recommend a good one,I'm from your side of the water and price is no-matter. Could you look into the other matter I asked about,the faded out Files&Folders, Thank You. |
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Hi Mart,
yeah your side of the water,well almost,N.Ireland (Belfast) My clock is set to "GMT" is that correct? Thanks for the advice on the CD-ROM will buy one tomorrow,as for the CD-RW, had a new DVD-RW (Pioneer 107D) fitted 6months ago. Thank you so very much for all your help and bearing with me,and if you do come up with any suggestion regarding those' Faded Files',can you mail me, Keep up the execellent work and may the New Year be kind to you and all in the Forum, Seamey.T "Mart" wrote: Hi Seamey, - from my side of the water? The UK? Then your clock is 8 hrs behind GMT (UK time) g The fact that you cant get it to work in (Real Mode) DOS (via the Startup floppy Disk) means that WinMe (and your hard drive) are completely eliminated from the equation. - Although your deletions of the Norton files etc. *may* raise their head later - hence one thing at a time g. I wouldn't really recommend any specific make of CD-ROM as I think most are made by only a couple of manufacturers and just re-badged. Mine are LG but don't take that as an endorsement. Try your local PC store (PC World?) and see what they have to offer. You may wish to think of replacing it with a burner (CD-RW) but you will need suitable software. In the meantime, I'll have a think about the 'faded folders' Mart "Seamey.T" wrote in message ... "Mart" wrote: 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. Hi Mart, I wouldn't have a clue how to get under the bed never mind this machine. You're right I can't open the CD-ROM from the button at the front of the CPU and the Orange light is on permanent were it's normally off or flashing . I deleted some files last week and this happened, so I quickly restored them back and the CD-ROM worked again,weather this was a factor or not.Was just wondering when I was deleting those Norton Files and Temp's did I make a ricky somewhere.Checking through "MS,Troubleshooting" all day,and these Forums but only found one thing,probably has nothing to do with my problem. "MS" Artical ID:275499 (Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues Using The Driver Information Database) "Mart" please don't think I'm trying to under-mind your efforts,not by a long way,us "Dummies" couldn't survive in this "Tec"world without you folks. If it is a new CD-ROM I need, could you recommend a good one,I'm from your side of the water and price is no-matter. Could you look into the other matter I asked about,the faded out Files&Folders, Thank You. |
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My clock is set to "GMT" is that correct?
Yes... but! .. is your Time Zone correctly set to GMT : Dublin, London, etc., in Control Panel | Date & Time \Time Zone? You're showing 8 Hrs behind in your e-mail properties. However, you have now put a whole new complexion on the issue!! You didn't mention the DVD-RW before!!! So let's just step backwards a little. When booting from the floppy Startup Disk, you *should* have seen TWO CD-ROMS, becoming the E: and the F:, so the screen *should* have shown: Drive E:= Driver MSCD001 UNIT 0 Drive F:= Driver MSCD001 UNIT 1 Your CD-ROM Is Drive E In other words, ONE of your CD-ROM drives was missing!!! (NB. although it is a DVD, DOS only recognises it as a CD-ROM) (Don't worry that you didn't also see a further line "Your CD-ROM Is Drive F" - you won't.) And!! had (it) fitted 6months ago. When did your CD-ROM go AWOL?? Coincidence?? Back to my original question - Have you (or anybody else!!) been poking about under the bonnet and knocked/dislodged any connectors? My revised guess is that a visit back to whoever fitted your DVD *might* be a better proposition, before you throw cash at a possibly unnecessary new CD-ROM. I'll cover your other problem later - first sort this one out g Mart "Seamey.T" wrote in message ... Hi Mart, yeah your side of the water,well almost,N.Ireland (Belfast) My clock is set to "GMT" is that correct? Thanks for the advice on the CD-ROM will buy one tomorrow,as for the CD-RW, had a new DVD-RW (Pioneer 107D) fitted 6months ago. Thank you so very much for all your help and bearing with me,and if you do come up with any suggestion regarding those' Faded Files',can you mail me, Keep up the execellent work and may the New Year be kind to you and all in the Forum, Seamey.T "Mart" wrote: Hi Seamey, - from my side of the water? The UK? Then your clock is 8 hrs behind GMT (UK time) g The fact that you cant get it to work in (Real Mode) DOS (via the Startup floppy Disk) means that WinMe (and your hard drive) are completely eliminated from the equation. - Although your deletions of the Norton files etc. *may* raise their head later - hence one thing at a time g. I wouldn't really recommend any specific make of CD-ROM as I think most are made by only a couple of manufacturers and just re-badged. Mine are LG but don't take that as an endorsement. Try your local PC store (PC World?) and see what they have to offer. You may wish to think of replacing it with a burner (CD-RW) but you will need suitable software. In the meantime, I'll have a think about the 'faded folders' Mart "Seamey.T" wrote in message ... "Mart" wrote: 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. Hi Mart, I wouldn't have a clue how to get under the bed never mind this machine. You're right I can't open the CD-ROM from the button at the front of the CPU and the Orange light is on permanent were it's normally off or flashing . I deleted some files last week and this happened, so I quickly restored them back and the CD-ROM worked again,weather this was a factor or not.Was just wondering when I was deleting those Norton Files and Temp's did I make a ricky somewhere.Checking through "MS,Troubleshooting" all day,and these Forums but only found one thing,probably has nothing to do with my problem. "MS" Artical ID:275499 (Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues Using The Driver Information Database) "Mart" please don't think I'm trying to under-mind your efforts,not by a long way,us "Dummies" couldn't survive in this "Tec"world without you folks. If it is a new CD-ROM I need, could you recommend a good one,I'm from your side of the water and price is no-matter. Could you look into the other matter I asked about,the faded out Files&Folders, Thank You. |
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