Problem when starting programs

[Jon Lie]

I'm running XP pro sp1 with all updates.
Lately, when I'm starting certain progs, I get this error message:
"There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \device\Harddisk0\DR0"
I then have the option to cacel, try again or continue. When I push cancel, the programs start as normal.
This is getting rather annoying! The programs in question are all installed on the HD.
Can someone please help with this?

 

[Ken]

try using a rgistry cleaner/fixxer the run the program

-----Original Message-----
I'm running XP pro sp1 with all updates.
Lately, when I'm starting certain progs, I get this error message:
"There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \device\Harddisk0\DR0"
I then have the option to cacel, try again or continue.

When I push cancel, the programs start as normal.

 

[Jon Lie]

Have done that, but did't fix it...

try using a rgistry cleaner/fixxer the run the program
When I push cancel, the programs start as normal.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Jon,

See if any of these apply:

https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/archives/nt/2001-December/000331.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/spambayes-dev/2003-May/000034.html



I'm running XP pro sp1 with all updates.
Lately, when I'm starting certain progs, I get this error message:
"There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive
\device\Harddisk0\DR0"
I then have the option to cacel, try again or continue. When I push cancel,
the programs start as normal.
This is getting rather annoying! The programs in question are all installed
on the HD.
Can someone please help with this?

 

[Jon Lie]

Thanks for answering! One of the links refered to a user with his HD not set as device 0. The same happens here; I have a firewire memorycard-reader installed, and I noticed that the ports on this is listed as device 0 and device 1, whereas my HD is listed as device 2. Should I uninstall the cardreader via Device Manager, to see if things get better when the reader is re-installed at next startup? (ie that the HD is given device no.0?)

 

[Jon Lie]

One more thing: How do you clear out the "Recent" folder in your user profile?