Hello out there - My CD-ROM does not read disks in
Windows. I ran a diagnostics test and the drive passed
everything. I have uninstalled then reinstalled it.
When I click properties it says it is working properly.
I ran a full system scan with updated antivirus. If
anyone can help I'll be their friend forever!!

"whiskeyjack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1d49101c42374$36723790$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello out there - My CD-ROM does not read disks in
> Windows. I ran a diagnostics test and the drive passed
> everything. I have uninstalled then reinstalled it.
> When I click properties it says it is working properly.
> I ran a full system scan with updated antivirus. If
> anyone can help I'll be their friend forever!!

Does your CD drive read CDs while in DOS? Boot
your PC with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
This test will tell you if the problem lies with Windows
or with your CD drive.

Yes, it does read in DOS. I booted my PC from the CD-ROM
and ran the 32 bit Dell Diagnostics. The drive passed
all tests. What could be wrong with Windows?

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"whiskeyjack" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
>news:1d49101c42374$36723790$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello out there - My CD-ROM does not read disks in
>> Windows. I ran a diagnostics test and the drive passed
>> everything. I have uninstalled then reinstalled it.
>> When I click properties it says it is working properly.
>> I ran a full system scan with updated antivirus. If
>> anyone can help I'll be their friend forever!!
>
>Does your CD drive read CDs while in DOS? Boot
>your PC with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
>This test will tell you if the problem lies with Windows
>or with your CD drive.
>
>
>.
>

You now need to be more specific:
- Is Windows unable to read any CD, or just some CDs?
- Have you tried original CDs (rather than copied CDs)?
- Can you play music CDs?
- What exactly is the message you get when you try to
copy a certain file from the CD to the hard disk?
- When you boot with your Win98 boot disk, can you
copy that same file to floppy disk?

At this stage it is useful to keep your options wide
open rather than to automatically blame Windows for
your problem.


"whiskeyjack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1a81d01c4237c$3882f580$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes, it does read in DOS. I booted my PC from the CD-ROM
> and ran the 32 bit Dell Diagnostics. The drive passed
> all tests. What could be wrong with Windows?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >"whiskeyjack" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote in message
> >news:1d49101c42374$36723790$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Hello out there - My CD-ROM does not read disks in
> >> Windows. I ran a diagnostics test and the drive passed
> >> everything. I have uninstalled then reinstalled it.
> >> When I click properties it says it is working properly.
> >> I ran a full system scan with updated antivirus. If
> >> anyone can help I'll be their friend forever!!
> >
> >Does your CD drive read CDs while in DOS? Boot
> >your PC with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
> >This test will tell you if the problem lies with Windows
> >or with your CD drive.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> You now need to be more specific:
> - Is Windows unable to read any CD, or just some CDs?
> - Have you tried original CDs (rather than copied CDs)?
> - Can you play music CDs?
> - What exactly is the message you get when you try to
> copy a certain file from the CD to the hard disk?
> - When you boot with your Win98 boot disk, can you
> copy that same file to floppy disk?
>
> At this stage it is useful to keep your options wide
> open rather than to automatically blame Windows for
> your problem.

Fair enough - though if you look at the sheer volume of posts in this
newsgroup re CD/DVD drive problems, it does suggest that they screwed up
BIG time WRT such drives in XP. Indeed, when I finally got XP to recognised
a new drive I installed, it then totally refused to recognise ANY discs in
the drive at all. In the end, I removed the drive. And yes, installed into a
W98 machine, it worked first time, and every time.

JP

"Jeremy Poynton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > You now need to be more specific:
> > - Is Windows unable to read any CD, or just some CDs?
> > - Have you tried original CDs (rather than copied CDs)?
> > - Can you play music CDs?
> > - What exactly is the message you get when you try to
> > copy a certain file from the CD to the hard disk?
> > - When you boot with your Win98 boot disk, can you
> > copy that same file to floppy disk?
> >
> > At this stage it is useful to keep your options wide
> > open rather than to automatically blame Windows for
> > your problem.
>
> Fair enough - though if you look at the sheer volume of posts in this
> newsgroup re CD/DVD drive problems, it does suggest that they screwed up
> BIG time WRT such drives in XP. Indeed, when I finally got XP to
recognised
> a new drive I installed, it then totally refused to recognise ANY discs in
> the drive at all. In the end, I removed the drive. And yes, installed into
a
> W98 machine, it worked first time, and every time.
>
> JP

I'm afraid we can't help you any further until you are
prepared to carry out the tests I suggested before.
I said, amongst other things, to boot your PC with a
Win98 disk, and to copy a file from CD to floppy disk.
Instead you installed the CD drive in a Win98 PC
and tested it there. By doing so, you changed all
the parameters: motherboard, disk controller,
BIOS settings, ribbon cable. Your test reveals
nothing other than your CD drive working fine when
installed in a different PC.

Over to you!

"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Jeremy Poynton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > You now need to be more specific:
> > > - Is Windows unable to read any CD, or just some CDs?
> > > - Have you tried original CDs (rather than copied CDs)?
> > > - Can you play music CDs?
> > > - What exactly is the message you get when you try to
> > > copy a certain file from the CD to the hard disk?
> > > - When you boot with your Win98 boot disk, can you
> > > copy that same file to floppy disk?
> > >
> > > At this stage it is useful to keep your options wide
> > > open rather than to automatically blame Windows for
> > > your problem.
> >
> > Fair enough - though if you look at the sheer volume of posts in this
> > newsgroup re CD/DVD drive problems, it does suggest that they screwed
up
> > BIG time WRT such drives in XP. Indeed, when I finally got XP to
> recognised
> > a new drive I installed, it then totally refused to recognise ANY discs
in
> > the drive at all. In the end, I removed the drive. And yes, installed
into
> a
> > W98 machine, it worked first time, and every time.
> >
> > JP
>
> I'm afraid we can't help you any further until you are
> prepared to carry out the tests I suggested before.
> I said, amongst other things, to boot your PC with a
> Win98 disk, and to copy a file from CD to floppy disk.
> Instead you installed the CD drive in a Win98 PC
> and tested it there. By doing so, you changed all
> the parameters: motherboard, disk controller,
> BIOS settings, ribbon cable. Your test reveals
> nothing other than your CD drive working fine when
> installed in a different PC.
>
> Over to you!
>
Umm - wrong respondent; I was merely adding some thoughts on the original
poster's problem, and generalising somewhat in noting that the volume of
CD/DVD drive problems posted in this newsgroup suggests some deep down
problems in how they are handled in XP. Do you see the same in the 98/2K
newsgroups ? No ? Why ? Probably because MS did it right there. They sure
didn't in XP, or why else are there so many problems with them posted here ?

JP

Guys, my Dell came with a resource cd. I used it to
reboot my pc from the cd-rom (in Windows 98) and run the
32 bit Dell Diagnostics. The drive passed all tests.
Based on that alone wouldn't the problem be in Windows?
Thanks for your input.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> "Jeremy Poynton"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >
>> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > > You now need to be more specific:
>> > > - Is Windows unable to read any CD, or just some
CDs?
>> > > - Have you tried original CDs (rather than copied
CDs)?
>> > > - Can you play music CDs?
>> > > - What exactly is the message you get when you try
to
>> > > copy a certain file from the CD to the hard disk?
>> > > - When you boot with your Win98 boot disk, can you
>> > > copy that same file to floppy disk?
>> > >
>> > > At this stage it is useful to keep your options
wide
>> > > open rather than to automatically blame Windows for
>> > > your problem.
>> >
>> > Fair enough - though if you look at the sheer volume
of posts in this
>> > newsgroup re CD/DVD drive problems, it does suggest
that they screwed
>up
>> > BIG time WRT such drives in XP. Indeed, when I
finally got XP to
>> recognised
>> > a new drive I installed, it then totally refused to
recognise ANY discs
>in
>> > the drive at all. In the end, I removed the drive.
And yes, installed
>into
>> a
>> > W98 machine, it worked first time, and every time.
>> >
>> > JP
>>
>> I'm afraid we can't help you any further until you are
>> prepared to carry out the tests I suggested before.
>> I said, amongst other things, to boot your PC with a
>> Win98 disk, and to copy a file from CD to floppy disk.
>> Instead you installed the CD drive in a Win98 PC
>> and tested it there. By doing so, you changed all
>> the parameters: motherboard, disk controller,
>> BIOS settings, ribbon cable. Your test reveals
>> nothing other than your CD drive working fine when
>> installed in a different PC.
>>
>> Over to you!
>>
>Umm - wrong respondent; I was merely adding some
thoughts on the original
>poster's problem, and generalising somewhat in noting
that the volume of
>CD/DVD drive problems posted in this newsgroup suggests
some deep down
>problems in how they are handled in XP. Do you see the
same in the 98/2K
>newsgroups ? No ? Why ? Probably because MS did it right
there. They sure
>didn't in XP, or why else are there so many problems
with them posted here ?
>
>JP
>
>
>.
>

This is happening to my CD as well. It stopped working in
the last week or so. Making me crazy. Have tried
everything, except to reformat my drive. Fortunately md
CD-RW is working. I'll go balistic if it fails two.

I didn't try to read from DOS ... will try that when I'm
home. I suspect it's the generic driver or something. It
was working fine. It opens, closes ... starts to "appear"
to read the drive but it doesn't. I tried a disk
clearner ... to no avail.

I posted my own topic on this, but there are no responses,
but lots of similar postings.

I hope MS reads these numerous postings on the CD issue.
I wrote to the manufacturer of my CD, but haven't heard
anything back.
Diana

>-----Original Message-----
>Guys, my Dell came with a resource cd. I used it to
>reboot my pc from the cd-rom (in Windows 98) and run the
>32 bit Dell Diagnostics. The drive passed all tests.
>Based on that alone wouldn't the problem be in Windows?
>Thanks for your input.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>> "Jeremy Poynton"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> >
>>> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> > > You now need to be more specific:
>>> > > - Is Windows unable to read any CD, or just some
>CDs?
>>> > > - Have you tried original CDs (rather than copied
>CDs)?
>>> > > - Can you play music CDs?
>>> > > - What exactly is the message you get when you try
>to
>>> > > copy a certain file from the CD to the hard disk?
>>> > > - When you boot with your Win98 boot disk, can you
>>> > > copy that same file to floppy disk?
>>> > >
>>> > > At this stage it is useful to keep your options
>wide
>>> > > open rather than to automatically blame Windows for
>>> > > your problem.
>>> >
>>> > Fair enough - though if you look at the sheer volume
>of posts in this
>>> > newsgroup re CD/DVD drive problems, it does suggest
>that they screwed
>>up
>>> > BIG time WRT such drives in XP. Indeed, when I
>finally got XP to
>>> recognised
>>> > a new drive I installed, it then totally refused to
>recognise ANY discs
>>in
>>> > the drive at all. In the end, I removed the drive.
>And yes, installed
>>into
>>> a
>>> > W98 machine, it worked first time, and every time.
>>> >
>>> > JP
>>>
>>> I'm afraid we can't help you any further until you are
>>> prepared to carry out the tests I suggested before.
>>> I said, amongst other things, to boot your PC with a
>>> Win98 disk, and to copy a file from CD to floppy disk.
>>> Instead you installed the CD drive in a Win98 PC
>>> and tested it there. By doing so, you changed all
>>> the parameters: motherboard, disk controller,
>>> BIOS settings, ribbon cable. Your test reveals
>>> nothing other than your CD drive working fine when
>>> installed in a different PC.
>>>
>>> Over to you!
>>>
>>Umm - wrong respondent; I was merely adding some
>thoughts on the original
>>poster's problem, and generalising somewhat in noting
>that the volume of
>>CD/DVD drive problems posted in this newsgroup suggests
>some deep down
>>problems in how they are handled in XP. Do you see the
>same in the 98/2K
>>newsgroups ? No ? Why ? Probably because MS did it right
>there. They sure
>>didn't in XP, or why else are there so many problems
>with them posted here ?
>>
>>JP
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

It's odd your problem began a week or so ago as well. I
have spent much time troubleshooting and communicating
with online techs. I think I've been given all the
advice there is to give on the subject. Some I used and
some I felt was too drastic. What it came down to was
that I believed there was nothing wrong with the drive
itself. Shortly after my last post I tried using it and
it worked, it read. After I got home from school I tried
again and - happy day - it's good to go. Also, the sound
from my speakers has improved. It's like my pc had the
flu and needed time to ride it out. I hope your problem
rides it out as well.

>-----Original Message-----
>This is happening to my CD as well. It stopped working
in
>the last week or so. Making me crazy. Have tried
>everything, except to reformat my drive. Fortunately md
>CD-RW is working. I'll go balistic if it fails two.
>
>I didn't try to read from DOS ... will try that when I'm
>home. I suspect it's the generic driver or something.
It
>was working fine. It opens, closes ... starts
to "appear"
>to read the drive but it doesn't. I tried a disk
>clearner ... to no avail.
>
>I posted my own topic on this, but there are no
responses,
>but lots of similar postings.
>
>I hope MS reads these numerous postings on the CD
issue.
>I wrote to the manufacturer of my CD, but haven't heard
>anything back.
>Diana
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Guys, my Dell came with a resource cd. I used it to
>>reboot my pc from the cd-rom (in Windows 98) and run
the
>>32 bit Dell Diagnostics. The drive passed all tests.
>>Based on that alone wouldn't the problem be in
Windows?
>>Thanks for your input.
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>
>>>> "Jeremy Poynton"
>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> >
>>>> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> > > You now need to be more specific:
>>>> > > - Is Windows unable to read any CD, or just some
>>CDs?
>>>> > > - Have you tried original CDs (rather than
copied
>>CDs)?
>>>> > > - Can you play music CDs?
>>>> > > - What exactly is the message you get when you
try
>>to
>>>> > > copy a certain file from the CD to the hard
disk?
>>>> > > - When you boot with your Win98 boot disk, can
you
>>>> > > copy that same file to floppy disk?
>>>> > >
>>>> > > At this stage it is useful to keep your options
>>wide
>>>> > > open rather than to automatically blame Windows
for
>>>> > > your problem.
>>>> >
>>>> > Fair enough - though if you look at the sheer
volume
>>of posts in this
>>>> > newsgroup re CD/DVD drive problems, it does
suggest
>>that they screwed
>>>up
>>>> > BIG time WRT such drives in XP. Indeed, when I
>>finally got XP to
>>>> recognised
>>>> > a new drive I installed, it then totally refused
to
>>recognise ANY discs
>>>in
>>>> > the drive at all. In the end, I removed the drive.
>>And yes, installed
>>>into
>>>> a
>>>> > W98 machine, it worked first time, and every time.
>>>> >
>>>> > JP
>>>>
>>>> I'm afraid we can't help you any further until you
are
>>>> prepared to carry out the tests I suggested before.
>>>> I said, amongst other things, to boot your PC with a
>>>> Win98 disk, and to copy a file from CD to floppy
disk.
>>>> Instead you installed the CD drive in a Win98 PC
>>>> and tested it there. By doing so, you changed all
>>>> the parameters: motherboard, disk controller,
>>>> BIOS settings, ribbon cable. Your test reveals
>>>> nothing other than your CD drive working fine when
>>>> installed in a different PC.
>>>>
>>>> Over to you!
>>>>
>>>Umm - wrong respondent; I was merely adding some
>>thoughts on the original
>>>poster's problem, and generalising somewhat in noting
>>that the volume of
>>>CD/DVD drive problems posted in this newsgroup
suggests
>>some deep down
>>>problems in how they are handled in XP. Do you see the
>>same in the 98/2K
>>>newsgroups ? No ? Why ? Probably because MS did it
right
>>there. They sure
>>>didn't in XP, or why else are there so many problems
>>with them posted here ?
>>>
>>>JP
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>