Guest bardot861 Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 hello all: Recently running into probem with cdrw drive. It is not recognizing any of recorded / or even fresh cdrw discs. Only response upon insertion of any disc and attempt is made to access contents: "please insert disc" etc. Recently I have begun using CC Cleaner to clean out invalid reg entries and other stuff. Have run regscan with no errors showing. Have been using Roxio Easy CD Creator - reinstalled same. Also tried removing cdrw drive in Device Mgr - but after deleting drive and re-starting windows there is no notice of new hardware found when re-booting. Has registry cleaner somehow screwed up communication between drive and system - ? Is it just a drive failure? Drive opens /function light is amber - accepts cdrw disc / light goes grn hear a whir - then goes dark and although drive is again present in device mgr - it does not read any disc. Help? I do have an older Plextor cdrw and thinking of installing ? Suggestions? Thnx. Barry
Guest Mike M Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Re: cdrw drive not active in Windows ME system P-4 1300 w rambus 768 mb memory > Has registry cleaner somehow screwed up communication between drive > and system - ? Quite possibly but equally possible is that the drive has simply failed, not uncommon for a machine running Win Me which might suggest a drive that is 5 or more years old. If you boot to DOS using a Win Me boot floppy is the drive detected and can you "see" the contents of a data disk such as a Win Me install disk when using the DOS DIR command? -- Mike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com bardot861 <bardot861@yahoo.com> wrote: > hello all: > > Recently running into probem with cdrw drive. It is not recognizing > any of recorded / or even fresh cdrw discs. Only response upon > insertion of any disc and attempt is made to access contents: > "please insert disc" etc. > > Recently I have begun using CC Cleaner to clean out invalid reg > entries and other stuff. Have run regscan with no errors showing. > Have been using Roxio Easy CD Creator - reinstalled same. Also tried > removing cdrw drive in Device Mgr - but after deleting drive and > re-starting windows there is no notice of new hardware found when > re-booting. > > Has registry cleaner somehow screwed up communication between drive > and system - ? > Is it just a drive failure? Drive opens /function light is amber - > accepts cdrw disc / light goes grn hear a whir - then goes dark and > although drive is again present in device mgr - it does not read any > disc. > > Help? > I do have an older Plextor cdrw and thinking of installing ? > Suggestions? > Thnx. > Barry
Guest Corday Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 Re: cdrw drive not active in Windows ME system P-4 1300 w rambus 7 Re: cdrw drive not active in Windows ME system P-4 1300 w rambus 7 Mike's suggestion seems correct. I recommend CCleaner for removing stubborn programs in their entirety. As a registry cleaner, not a good idea. -- I mastered Wordstar graphics! "Mike M" wrote: > > Has registry cleaner somehow screwed up communication between drive > > and system - ? > > Quite possibly but equally possible is that the drive has simply failed, > not uncommon for a machine running Win Me which might suggest a drive that > is 5 or more years old. > > If you boot to DOS using a Win Me boot floppy is the drive detected and > can you "see" the contents of a data disk such as a Win Me install disk > when using the DOS DIR command? > -- > Mike Maltby > mike.maltby@gmail.com > > > bardot861 <bardot861@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > hello all: > > > > Recently running into probem with cdrw drive. It is not recognizing > > any of recorded / or even fresh cdrw discs. Only response upon > > insertion of any disc and attempt is made to access contents: > > "please insert disc" etc. > > > > Recently I have begun using CC Cleaner to clean out invalid reg > > entries and other stuff. Have run regscan with no errors showing. > > Have been using Roxio Easy CD Creator - reinstalled same. Also tried > > removing cdrw drive in Device Mgr - but after deleting drive and > > re-starting windows there is no notice of new hardware found when > > re-booting. > > > > Has registry cleaner somehow screwed up communication between drive > > and system - ? > > Is it just a drive failure? Drive opens /function light is amber - > > accepts cdrw disc / light goes grn hear a whir - then goes dark and > > although drive is again present in device mgr - it does not read any > > disc. > > > > Help? > > I do have an older Plextor cdrw and thinking of installing ? > > Suggestions? > > Thnx. > > Barry > >
Guest bardot861 Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 Re: cdrw drive not active in Windows ME system P-4 1300 w rambus 768 mb memory Hi Mike: Able to boot to DOS. Chose option with CD support and a drive letter was assigned to my CD drive. Using the DOS command C:\WINDOWS DIR was able to get a listing of content of that folder. Similarly able to get a list of content of A:\DIR - a breakdown of files on floppy boot disc. But - could not get any info from E:\DIR. Only an error message. Previously recorded info was on a CDRW in that drive and I also tried a cd disc with previously recorded data - also got error notice. Does this mean more likely problem is with the drive as opposed to Operating System? thanks again. Barry "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message news:OkZdkJfFJHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > Has registry cleaner somehow screwed up communication between drive > > and system - ? > > Quite possibly but equally possible is that the drive has simply failed, > not uncommon for a machine running Win Me which might suggest a drive that > is 5 or more years old. > > If you boot to DOS using a Win Me boot floppy is the drive detected and > can you "see" the contents of a data disk such as a Win Me install disk > when using the DOS DIR command? > -- > Mike Maltby > mike.maltby@gmail.com > > > bardot861 <bardot861@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > hello all: > > > > Recently running into probem with cdrw drive. It is not recognizing > > any of recorded / or even fresh cdrw discs. Only response upon > > insertion of any disc and attempt is made to access contents: > > "please insert disc" etc. > > > > Recently I have begun using CC Cleaner to clean out invalid reg > > entries and other stuff. Have run regscan with no errors showing. > > Have been using Roxio Easy CD Creator - reinstalled same. Also tried > > removing cdrw drive in Device Mgr - but after deleting drive and > > re-starting windows there is no notice of new hardware found when > > re-booting. > > > > Has registry cleaner somehow screwed up communication between drive > > and system - ? > > Is it just a drive failure? Drive opens /function light is amber - > > accepts cdrw disc / light goes grn hear a whir - then goes dark and > > although drive is again present in device mgr - it does not read any > > disc. > > > > Help? > > I do have an older Plextor cdrw and thinking of installing ? > > Suggestions? > > Thnx. > > Barry >
Guest Mike M Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 Re: cdrw drive not active in Windows ME system P-4 1300 w rambus 768 mb memory Barry, > Does this mean more likely problem is with the drive as opposed to > Operating System? In a word, yes. At this point I'd be shopping for a replacement drive. Fortunately they're cheap nowadays unlike a few years ago and a replacement is likely to also be faster. When shopping make sure that you buy a drive that uses the correct interface for your system which for older machines is more likely to be IDE/ATAPI rather than the newer SATA. -- Mike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com bardot861 <bardot861@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Mike: > > Able to boot to DOS. Chose option with CD support and a drive letter > was assigned to my CD drive. Using the DOS command C:\WINDOWS DIR > was able to get a listing of content of that folder. Similarly able > to get a list of content of A:\DIR - a breakdown of files on floppy > boot disc. But - could not get any info from E:\DIR. Only an error > message. Previously recorded info was on a CDRW in that drive and I > also tried a cd disc with previously recorded data - also got error > notice. > Does this mean more likely problem is with the drive as opposed to > Operating System? > > thanks again.
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