cd-rom's won't read

[Joe T]

I have 2 cd-roms. According to the device manager these are working properly.
No exclaimation marks.
1. D: drive is standard cd-rom drive/F5B. Put disk in and get flashing
red/green light.
2. E: drive is Cendyne_522452AX. Put disk in and get green light but no
loading.
3. Only E: drive will ONLY read my ATI utility disk. Both drives will not
read any other disk. XP disk, Office 2003, motherboard disks etc.
4. Uninstalled both through device manager. Add hardware. Both returned to
same condition.
5. Problems started same day as network connection problem. That's still
unresolved. I have a post on that too.
6. Can't do XP repair with disk because cd-roms won't read.

 

[Ghostrider]

I have 2 cd-roms. According to the device manager these are working properly.
No exclaimation marks.
1. D: drive is standard cd-rom drive/F5B. Put disk in and get flashing
red/green light.
2. E: drive is Cendyne_522452AX. Put disk in and get green light but no
loading.
3. Only E: drive will ONLY read my ATI utility disk. Both drives will not
read any other disk. XP disk, Office 2003, motherboard disks etc.
4. Uninstalled both through device manager. Add hardware. Both returned to
same condition.
5. Problems started same day as network connection problem. That's still
unresolved. I have a post on that too.
6. Can't do XP repair with disk because cd-roms won't read.

And where's the post describing the network connection problem? Just
what was done prior to onset of problems? Looked in Event Viewer and
were there any error reports. If they exist, post them verbatim.

 

[Joe T]

Ok, I located "Event Viewer". Now what? Under application, I have 2,03
events. Under System, I have 2,825. which one do you want? Warnings or
errors? First one or last one? Dhcp, atapi, or cd-rom error? Help me narrow
it down.
Problems started after I came home from being gone 3 days. 7-1 to 7-3-08.
This might be weather related.
Original network problem posted under "Reinstall Network Connections folder
Icons" in general discussions on 7-10-08 by joe t.
Thanks.