"Please insert a disk into drive..." error

[Louie]

My CD-R/RW and DVD+-R/RW drives do not recognize any
disks. I have tried these drives in antoher computer and
they work fine. I keep getting the "Please insert a disk
into drive E/F:," error when I use them in this
computer. I have already tried using differnet disks.
THe last time I remember burning a CD was about a month
ago. I just started getting this error about a week
ago. The OS reports the correct hardware in the hardware
device list. Could something have been corrupted on the
software side to prevent disks from being read?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Does this happen all the time - meaning both when you are trying to read
from those drives and write to them? Or only for one specific application?

Have you tried the patch here yet? http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm, under
section 8 - Problems - there is a link to a patch that often resolves
problems with the system recognizing CD/DVD drives.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone