Guest Remay Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Hi I've got an old PC (HP Pavilion 8756C) with Windows XP Pro, installed on top of Windows ME 7 years ago. It's been kept in great shape. I never had a serious problem with it until last week when I noticed that one of the CD Drives is not loading up right as follows: * When I start/restart Windows, all basic programs load up exept for one: CD Drive N:\ [the secondary CD Drive] -most of the time- doesn not. Its not being recognized as a system disk (Meaning, when I go to My Computer, Its not there), I only see: LOCAL DISK (C:), CD Drive M:\ , and the 3½ Floppy (A:) . And, when it does load up, it could be seen on: 'My Computer' but, it either causes my PC to 100% jammmed untill I shut it off, ( that happened 95 times out of every 100 times I reboot my machine) or it wont be accessable, nor available in many cases with many different error messages, and most of all it wont eject (open and close). I tried in Safe Mode and I also tried a 'one month old' good system Restore point. I checked the Volume for errors, I defragmented Hard Disk twice, I also did SFC Scannow & Windows FileProtect. Nothing of the above brought any good results. I also did all kind of checking and searching for viruses, spyware or bugs,, nothing of that was found. I also checked the hardware itself from the inside and made sure its and all related wires are connected and plugged in good. Like I said, it only loads up (without causing my system to jam) like 5 time out of every 100 times I reboot. In those good times It works perfect as used to, it gets accessable, available, playable 'CDs and suff', and it could eject (open and close). I know its tricky & funny, its not a one way problem to be diagnosed and dealt with the right way. CD Drive M:\ uses (MITSUMI CR 4804TE DVD/CD-Rom Drives) . I've got no problem what so ever with CD Drive M:\. CD Drive N:\ uses (SAMSUNG CD-ROM CS-148 DVD/CD-Rom Drives). I did Uninstall then Reinstall the driver.. I also tried to see if there was an update for it, but unfortunately there was none out there. I tried to trouble shooting the driver, but for some reason the Trouble Shooting Wizard wouldn't start.. My Computer Bios Revision is : 2.05 09/12/00 ,, I know its kind of old, but I don't know if a bios update is needed (anyway I couldn't find any Bios update in HP site for it, but again under what O/S to look for that Bios Update, XP or ME) and I don't know if a bios board cmos faulty setup can cause CD Drive N:\ to fail everytime I reboot and not to start ide setting between Master and Slave or none Master Drives parameters. I think I was suposed to get a Bios update more than 7 years ago when I had Windows ME and before I install Windows XP Pro on top of it, but I never did. By checking my Computer System /PhoenixBios setup utility, I concluded that the Bios theory isn't the case.. but I noticed that one item doesn't look right!! where it shows that: Installed O/S is : Win 98/ Win 2000 !!!!! It's weird !!!!! I've never had either one of those,, so I don't know what to say here.. and if I should correct that (and how?) or should I reset it to its original default settings, under Windows ME !!! or the current Version Windows XP Pro?? I don't know. Well that's all,, I think its too much for me to say and for You to read... I also took and uploaded some photos showing parts of the problem .. if You're interested and have an other minute to spare, please go here, download the zipped /photos file and tell me what You think, if You will : http://www.freewebs.com/netzzz/CD%20Drive%20%28N%29%20%20Errors%20Photos.zip thanking You for your Time and your Help.. Remay
Guest CreateWindow Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: CD Drive N:\ is not accessable,nor available,doesn't respond nor E Hi Remay, Could be the CD is aging. Can you try another CD drive? Also the main PC motherboard and or power supply may be aging. I know that sounds weird for modern electronics, however there are components called Electrolytic Capacitors that "dry out" in a 7 yo system. Especially if its a PC that has done a lot of work and has been hot. One system check you could try is opening a command prompt and issuing the command chkdsk /r (hit enter and say "Y" to check it next re-boot). This will fully check and repair the hard disk on the next re-boot. Hope that helps. CreateWindow http://mymessagetaker.com The While-You-Were-Out program you always wanted. Stop using those paper phone message pads make the computer work for you. "Remay" <Remay@remember.Live.Love> wrote in message news:A596AADC-EB49-44C5-9088-592DBFE9D21E@microsoft.com... > Hi > I've got an old PC (HP Pavilion 8756C) with Windows XP Pro, installed on > top > of Windows ME 7 years ago. It's been kept in great shape. I never had a > serious problem with it until last week when I noticed that one of the CD > Drives is not loading up right as follows: > * When I start/restart Windows, all basic programs load up exept for one: > CD Drive N:\ [the secondary CD Drive] -most of the time- doesn not. Its > not > being recognized as a system disk (Meaning, when I go to My Computer, Its > not > there), I only see: LOCAL DISK (C:), CD Drive M:\ , and the 3½ Floppy > (A:) . > And, when it does load up, it could be seen on: 'My Computer' but, it > either > causes my PC to 100% jammmed untill I shut it off, ( that happened 95 > times > out of every 100 times I reboot my machine) or it wont be accessable, nor > available in many cases with many different error messages, and most of > all > it wont eject (open and close). I tried in Safe Mode and I also tried a > 'one > month old' good system Restore point. I checked the Volume for errors, I > defragmented Hard Disk twice, I also did SFC Scannow & Windows > FileProtect. > Nothing of the above brought any good results. I also did all kind of > checking and searching for viruses, spyware or bugs,, nothing of that was > found. I also checked the hardware itself from the inside and made sure > its > and all related wires are connected and plugged in good. Like I said, it > only > loads up (without causing my system to jam) like 5 time out of every 100 > times I reboot. In those good times It works perfect as used to, it gets > accessable, available, playable 'CDs and suff', and it could eject (open > and > close). I know its tricky & funny, its not a one way problem to be > diagnosed > and dealt with the right way. > > CD Drive M:\ uses (MITSUMI CR 4804TE DVD/CD-Rom Drives) . I've got no > problem what so ever with CD Drive M:\. CD Drive N:\ uses (SAMSUNG CD-ROM > CS-148 DVD/CD-Rom Drives). I did Uninstall then Reinstall the driver.. I > also > tried to see if there was an update for it, but unfortunately there was > none > out there. I tried to trouble shooting the driver, but for some reason the > Trouble Shooting Wizard wouldn't start.. > My Computer Bios Revision is : 2.05 09/12/00 ,, I know its kind of old, > but > I don't know if a bios update is needed (anyway I couldn't find any Bios > update in HP site for it, but again under what O/S to look for that Bios > Update, XP or ME) and I don't know if a bios board cmos faulty setup can > cause CD Drive N:\ to fail everytime I reboot and not to start ide setting > between Master and Slave or none Master Drives parameters. I think I was > suposed to get a Bios update more than 7 years ago when I had Windows ME > and > before I install Windows XP Pro on top of it, but I never did. > By checking my Computer System /PhoenixBios setup utility, I concluded > that > the Bios theory isn't the case.. but I noticed that one item doesn't look > right!! where it shows that: > Installed O/S is : Win 98/ Win 2000 !!!!! It's weird !!!!! I've never > had > either one of those,, so I don't know what to say here.. and if I should > correct that (and how?) or should I reset it to its original default > settings, under Windows ME !!! or the current Version Windows XP Pro?? I > don't know. > Well that's all,, I think its too much for me to say and for You to > read... > > I also took and uploaded some photos showing parts of the problem .. if > You're interested and have an other minute to spare, please go here, > download > the zipped /photos file and tell me what You think, if You will : > > http://www.freewebs.com/netzzz/CD%20Drive%20%28N%29%20%20Errors%20Photos.zip > > thanking You for your Time and your Help.. > > Remay >
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