cdrw drive not active in Windows ME system P-4 1300 w rambus 768 mb memory

[Guest bardot861]

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]

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]

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.

--

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"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]

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]

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.