E:\is not accessible - network request not supported

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I'm about to throw this computer off a very tall building.... I keep getting
the following when I try to access my CD-RW drive:
E:\is not accessible
The network request is not supported
It's a Pentium 4, 2.8 with a Sony CDX-160/E CD-RW, running Windows 2000
Professional. I do have Windows Media Player 9, and it plays an audio CD just
fine.

Another problem - if I try to use the DVD-RW for the CD, when I click on the
drive, it says:
The disc is not formatted. Would you like to format it?
Yes, I reinstalled Windows 2000 Professional and was able to install Norton
System Works 2005 from the CD.... and after that, it won't work!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
RickMcC said:
I'm about to throw this computer off a very tall building.... I keep getting
the following when I try to access my CD-RW drive:
E:\is not accessible
The network request is not supported
It's a Pentium 4, 2.8 with a Sony CDX-160/E CD-RW, running Windows 2000
Professional. I do have Windows Media Player 9, and it plays an audio CD just
fine.

Another problem - if I try to use the DVD-RW for the CD, when I click on the
drive, it says:
The disc is not formatted. Would you like to format it?
Yes, I reinstalled Windows 2000 Professional and was able to install Norton
System Works 2005 from the CD.... and after that, it won't work!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Open MyComputer and verify that Drive E is not supposed to be
a mapped, network drive. It should not be, assuming that the
re-installation of Windows 2000 Professional was a clean one
from an original, retail version of Windows 2000 Pro. If, OTOH,
a "private" recovery disk image was used, then who knows what
Drive E is attempting to reference. This would result in a
shift of drive letters for all subsequent drives by one. Tried
using Drive F for accessing the CD-RW and DVD?
 
Yes, it's a retail version of Windows 2000 Professional. I clicked on the E:
drive and then checked "Properties." I then clicked on the "Sharing" tab and
made sure it was not set to "Share." I then had it re-install the driver for
the CD-RW.... still the same error message. When I click on the "General" tab
in "Properties" it correctly tells me it's a Sony CRX-160 drive, and that it
is operating correctly. On the advice of another "guru" I did change the
cable to a brand new cable. And I also double checked the jumper settings on
the back of the drive to make sure they were correct.
I also downloaded "Drive Check" from the Sony web site and ran it. The drive
passes all their tests for read and write.

Rick
 
I forgot to answer the other part of the question.... the DVD drive will not
play a DVD because I can't load the WinDVD program. When I try to run a CD in
the DVD drive, the message I get is: "The disk is not formatted. Format now?"
I'm going to try to find a program to run a DVD online and install it and see
if that works.

Rick
 
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