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

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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
 
M

Mike M

> 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
 
C

Corday

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
>
>
 
B

bardot861

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
>
 
M

Mike M

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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