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Dec 7, 2001, 5:58pm

anyone know what would cause a CDROM drive to only read 1 CD and refuse to
read all others? none of them are CDR's or CDRW's.
They are all store bought CD's mostly game CD's and software CD's
I reinstalled its drivers and that did not help.
Im still confused on why it will read this 1 CD and no others.
All my CD's are in good condition and all worked before.

Dec 7, 2001, 6:38pm

whenever i've got hardware problems, i just reinstall windows (without
deleting or formatting) and it usually corrects them


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Dec 7, 2001, 8:09pm

reinstall drivers, mess with IDE stuff, if you're real stuck, get a new
drive... I just had a problem with a CD-ROM drive that got messed up after
reading a scratchy CD, started off by corrupting the secondary IDE
controller's drivers, then it made the slave disk not detect, just bought an
old drive from a friend and there was no more problems lol...

KAH

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Dec 7, 2001, 8:51pm

whenever i've got hardware problems, i just uninstall windows
and it usually corrects them

"syko" <sykofreak169 at msn.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c1128cb at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> whenever i've got hardware problems, i just reinstall windows (without
> deleting or formatting) and it usually corrects them

Dec 7, 2001, 8:55pm

Well this should not happen... some CDs is ok, but if that's nearly all, your CD-ROM drive more than likely has a problem... maybe
you should ask for a repair / refund if the warranty is valid...
Also there are CD-ROM drive lens cleaner CDs, which have a small brush on them, you can try that, it has worked in the past for me
(but don't expect that to solve all your problem... and also it was a long time ago with my 2x Sony CD-ROM drive :) )

Fox Mc Cloud

"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> a écrit dans le message news: 3c111f7d at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> anyone know what would cause a CDROM drive to only read 1 CD and refuse to
> read all others? none of them are CDR's or CDRW's.
> They are all store bought CD's mostly game CD's and software CD's
> I reinstalled its drivers and that did not help.
> Im still confused on why it will read this 1 CD and no others.
> All my CD's are in good condition and all worked before.

Dec 8, 2001, 12:35am

just... reinstall windows, you dont have to open up the comp, and it usually
works, but if it doesn't? fiddle away

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Dec 9, 2001, 1:50pm

If the CDROM drivers are in the config.sys file and mscdex in the
autoexec.bat file, press F8 on startup of Windows and go into DOS mode. Or
just make a DOS boot disk with the CDROM drivers and mscdex.You should have
CDROM support in DOS. Try doing directory reads of various data CD's. If
they work in DOS, it might be a Window's problem. If the same problem
persists, I think it's a most likely a mechanical head-alignment problem
with the CDROM that isn't worth fixing given the current prices of CDROM's
(sad to throw things away).

W

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Dec 12, 2001, 2:33pm

I tried something new and was confused about the results.
I changed the drive letter of my CD-ROM to see if maybe it was not
recognizing that latter, and when I changed it and rebooted the new drive
letter was in My Computer just like it should be, But the strange thing is
the old letter D:/ was still there so in a sence the CD-ROM now had 2 drive
letters to itself D:/ and E:/ witch should not be.
so I changed it back to D:/ and the drive letter E:/ vanished.
Why did it not remove D:/ when I changed it to E:/ ?
E:/ left when I changed it back to D:/
note: changing drive letters did not help eather.
Could this be causing all the problems im having with the CD-ROM drive?



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Dec 12, 2001, 4:09pm

Windows drive letters are just there to be pretty... check if it's got
correct master/slave config (you do that with the config jumpers on the back
of the drive, should be next to the power connector) for the IDE cable it's
on

KAH

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Dec 14, 2001, 11:24am

I can't reinstall windows, it will not read that CD eather :-(
I know my CD-ROM is fine it read this 1 CD just fine, but its not reading
any other CD's
They are all store bought CD's they all worked before.


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Dec 14, 2001, 12:35pm

"my CD-ROM" is your drive, right? a bunch of CDs don't just stop working
like that, take some of them to a friend's and see if they work there... if
they do, go to the shops and get a new drive is my advice...

KAH

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