Guest attilathehun1 Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Both my drives aren't recognizing the CDs I put into them. When I go into Device Manager though there are no open devices, all +'s. Do I need to use the drivers that came with the devices to get these drives working properly? I'm using Windows 98 SE. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, attilathehun1 -- attilathehun1
Guest MEB Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Re: DVD & CD drives "attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FFCBE61C-BEBB-4B2C-98E0-91BB6F5EAA1B@microsoft.com... | Both my drives aren't recognizing the CDs I put into them. When I go into | Device Manager though there are no open devices, all +'s. Do I need to use | the drivers that came with the devices to get these drives working properly? | I'm using Windows 98 SE. | Any help would be greatly appreciated! | Thanks, attilathehun1 | -- | attilathehun1 Background information would be helpful. 1. What make and model of computer, or if home built, the motherboard. 2. What make and model of CD/DVD drives. 3. Does Device Manager show the generic drives as installed for both drives, and as what. 4. Are all updates presently installed. 5. Did these drives work before, if so, did both stop working at the same time. 6. Are the disks, manufacturer, or, individual, created. 7. What burning software(s) do you have installed. 8. If data CDs/disks, what is the extension for the files you are trying to access. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com ________
Guest Don Phillipson Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: DVD & CD drives "attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FFCBE61C-BEBB-4B2C-98E0-91BB6F5EAA1B@microsoft.com... > Both my drives aren't recognizing the CDs I put into them. When I go into > Device Manager though there are no open devices, all +'s. Do I need to use > the drivers that came with the devices to get these drives working properly? > I'm using Windows 98 SE. Standard cure is: 1. Via / Control Panel / System / Device Manager, remove the drive(s) and reboot. 2. If the drive(s) is operable, Win98 ought to recognize it as "new" hardware and either instal correct Windows drives (likely) or prompt you to supply a CD with drivers. If this fails, post details here. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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