On Feb 4, 8:55 am, "Gary Chanson" <gchan...@No.Spam.mvps.org> wrote:
> "Sam" <sbled...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > On Jan 19, 7:58 am, "Gary Chanson" <gchan...@No.Spam.mvps.org> wrote:
> > > <WelchA...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > > To All,
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> > > > I am having problems with multiple Windows 2000 Professional PCs being
> > > > able to access the CD-Rom drives. The drive is OK in device manager,
> > > > and appears in Windows Explorer. When I insert a disc and try to
> > > > access it, Windows tells me to insert a disc. Sometimes the CD drive
> > > > will work, and sometimes it doesn't. I'm pretty sure that the problem
> > > > started after I installed a lot of Windows Updates. All of my PCs are
> > > > running Windows 2000 Professional SP4, with the latest updates. They
> > > > are all Dell PCs, but many different hardware configurations. Some
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> > > > OptiPlex and some are Latitude. Has anyone else come across this
> > > > problem? Thanks for your help!
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> > > This sounds more like a problem with the CD-ROM drive itself.
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> > > --
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> > > - Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
> > > - Abolish Public Schools
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> > I have a virtually identical problem with a Samsung SW-240B CD-R/RW
> > drive. The problem is intermittent-- sometimes the drive works,
> > sometimes it locks up and Explorer will neither read a disk nor eject
> > it, sometimes not even after a reboot. It will not (ever) format or
> > write to a CD-R or RW disk w/ Roxio software (I'm trying Nero). I
> > recently swapped out the mother board due to unrelated problems but
> > symptoms did not change. I also updated the SW-240B to latest
> > firmware-- no help. The drive worked well in earlier W2K incarnations.
> > Suggestions??
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> Get a new drive. CD drives are not very reliable devices. Fortunately,
> they're also cheap.
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> - Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
> - Abolish Public Schools
Yes-- sounds good! --sam
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