Not detecting CD-R and CD-RW
I have two CD drives :- a teac CD-DVD, and a mitsumi CDRW. I am using Win98.
My problems started with an attempt to correct a conflict between my via chipset and my alcatel broadband modem. I downloaded the latest drivers for the mb, but when I tried to install, I got an error saying "registry error please reboot" After a couple of attempts I use norton system doctor to fix the registry. Now my CD drives are not detected. They are not visible in my computer, nor are there any references to them in device manager. On startup I see that the bios sees them.... Help !! |
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...cd_dvd_fix.htm
"Rich" wrote in message ... I have two CD drives :- a teac CD-DVD, and a mitsumi CDRW. I am using Win98. My problems started with an attempt to correct a conflict between my via chipset and my alcatel broadband modem. I downloaded the latest drivers for the mb, but when I tried to install, I got an error saying "registry error please reboot" After a couple of attempts I use norton system doctor to fix the registry. Now my CD drives are not detected. They are not visible in my computer, nor are there any references to them in device manager. On startup I see that the bios sees them.... Help !! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.497 / Virus Database: 296 - Release Date: 7/4/2003 |
On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 06:58:38 +0000 (UTC), "Rich"
wrote: I have two CD drives :- a teac CD-DVD, and a mitsumi CDRW. I am using Win98. My problems started with an attempt to correct a conflict between my via chipset and my alcatel broadband modem. I downloaded the latest drivers for the mb, but when I tried to install, I got an error saying "registry error please reboot" After a couple of attempts I use norton system doctor to fix the registry. Now my CD drives are not detected. They are not visible in my computer, nor are there any references to them in device manager. On startup I see that the bios sees them.... Help !! With WIN98, I would suspect the NOIDE problem. If WIN detects an IDE controller initialization problem, it sets a flag (NOIDE) in the registry to permanently disable the 32 bit driver (required for CDROM drive detection). Yea - real smart - permanently disable the driver when one error is detected. See http://support.microsoft.com/default...NoWebContent=1 for how to clear the flag. *LOL* just noticed. the article gives a quick fix for WIN98 involving running a file from the WIN98 install CD. How ya supposed to do that when the problem disables the CDROM drive? -- E-mail address is invalid due to spam overflow - Please reply in the newsgroup. -- |
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*LOL* just noticed. the article gives a quick fix for WIN98 involving running a file from the WIN98 install CD. How ya supposed to do that when the problem disables the CDROM drive? -- Yeah! Reminds me of the many times I've done a new install of Win98 from the CD on numerous PC's - only for the half cooked Windows to then lose the CD drive it was reading from!!! DOH!!!! Ian I^) |
Just in case someone finds the thread via a Deja search because they have a
similar problem, the solution that worked for me :- "But you can still boot Windows, yes? If so, you can make a start-up disk with CD_ROM support, if you haven't got one already.. Control PanelAdd/Remove ProgramsStartup disk" I used the startup disk created to reboot, choose the "with CD Rom support" option, then reinstalled Win98, all is now fine and dandy. |
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