FJ here - hoping someone might have some input with respect to Windows
XP not reading a CD Rom. In addition to knowing the driver is working
and the O.S. does see the CD Rom, yet won't read any disk, I've gone to
Device Manager and properties of the CD Rom and there are places within
the "Properties Tab" where I read to try and uncheck "Enable digital CD
audio for the CD-Rom," save it, and go back and re-check it and it would
work (at least for someone). I have a strong feeling it has something
to do with Windows XP itself, perhaps the registry??? I've uninstalled
and rebooted and always, the drive is found and installed with house
driver. I've disabled and re-enabled CD-Rom drive. I've changed drive
letters to no avail. This is a Windows XP Pro box. it simply says,
"Please insert a disk into drive D."







whiskeyjack Wrote:
> Holy Cow, what a name!! What nationality is that?
> Believe me, I wish I was in a position to tell you what
> you should do.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Same to me. I bought a new cd-rw Samsung 52-32-52 for
> replacing an old one,
> cd-rw 4-2-4. After that it doesn't read any cd. So I use
> another HD which
> intalled WindowsME. It's working well. Then I changed to
> WindowsXP again, it
> still doesn't work. I checked driver, jumper, pair and
> bios. Everything
> looks fine. What should I do?
> Chaiyot S.
>
> "whiskeyjack" anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com
> wrote in message
> news:05e001c424b1$8331d930$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> As I've said before I booted my pc from the cd-rom IN
> WINDOWS 98 using a resource cd. I ran a 32 bit
> diagnostics test and the DRIVE passed everything. That
> tells me the drive ain't the problem. This is why I
> disregarded your original suggestion.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> I'm intrigued that you spent "much time
> troubleshooting"
> (your words) but never took the time to do the basic
> tests
> I suggested. They would have taken you ten minutes,
> and would have told you plenty about the cause of your
> problem.
>
> I note that your problem "went away" by itself. If it
> did so
> on its own accord then there is a high probability
> that
> it
> will come back. Intermittent problems don't disappear;
> they usually return at the most inconvenient time.
>
>
> "whiskeyjack" anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com
> wrote in message
> news:02d301c4243c$051ef890$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> It's odd your problem began a week or so ago as
> well.
> I
> have spent much time troubleshooting and
> communicating
> with online techs. I think I've been given all the
> advice there is to give on the subject. Some I used
> and
> some I felt was too drastic. What it came down to
> was
> that I believed there was nothing wrong with the
> drive
> itself. Shortly after my last post I tried using it
> and
> it worked, it read. After I got home from school I
> tried
> again and - happy day - it's good to go. Also, the
> sound
> from my speakers has improved. It's like my pc had
> the
> flu and needed time to ride it out. I hope your
> problem
> rides it out as well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> This is happening to my CD as well. It stopped
> working
> in
> the last week or so. Making me crazy. Have tried
> everything, except to reformat my drive.
> Fortunately
> md
> CD-RW is working. I'll go balistic if it fails
> two.
>
> I didn't try to read from DOS ... will try that
> when
> I'm
> home. I suspect it's the generic driver or
> something.
> It
> was working fine. It opens, closes ... starts
> to "appear"
> to read the drive but it doesn't. I tried a disk
> clearner ... to no avail.
>
> I posted my own topic on this, but there are no
> responses,
> but lots of similar postings.
>
> I hope MS reads these numerous postings on the CD
> issue.
> I wrote to the manufacturer of my CD, but haven't
> heard
> anything back.
> Diana
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Guys, my Dell came with a resource cd. I used it
> to
> reboot my pc from the cd-rom (in Windows 98) and
> run
> the
> 32 bit Dell Diagnostics. The drive passed all
> tests.
> Based on that alone wouldn't the problem be in
> Windows?
> Thanks for your input.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" I.can@fly.com wrote in message
> news:efmJaq6IEHA.364@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
> "Jeremy Poynton"
> j.poyntonREMOVE@THISblueyonder.co.uk wrote in
> message
> news:%23tUNof5IEHA.2948@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" I.can@fly.com wrote in
> message
> news:eEo7P64IEHA.2972@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> You now need to be more specific:
> - Is Windows unable to read any CD, or just
> some
> CDs?
> - Have you tried original CDs (rather than
> copied
> CDs)?
> - Can you play music CDs?
> - What exactly is the message you get when
> you
> try
> to
> copy a certain file from the CD to the
> hard
> disk?
> - When you boot with your Win98 boot disk,
> can
> you
> copy that same file to floppy disk?
>
> At this stage it is useful to keep your
> options
> wide
> open rather than to automatically blame
> Windows
> for
> your problem.
>
> Fair enough - though if you look at the sheer
> volume
> of posts in this
> newsgroup re CD/DVD drive problems, it does
> suggest
> that they screwed
> up
> BIG time WRT such drives in XP. Indeed, when
> I
> finally got XP to
> recognised
> a new drive I installed, it then totally
> refused
> to
> recognise ANY discs
> in
> the drive at all. In the end, I removed the
> drive.
> And yes, installed
> into
> a
> W98 machine, it worked first time, and every
> time.
>
> JP
>
> I'm afraid we can't help you any further until
> you
> are
> prepared to carry out the tests I suggested
> before.
> I said, amongst other things, to boot your PC
> with a
> Win98 disk, and to copy a file from CD to
> floppy
> disk.
> Instead you installed the CD drive in a Win98
> PC
> and tested it there. By doing so, you changed
> all
> the parameters: motherboard, disk controller,
> BIOS settings, ribbon cable. Your test reveals
> nothing other than your CD drive working fine
> when
> installed in a different PC.
>
> Over to you!
>
> Umm - wrong respondent; I was merely adding some
> thoughts on the original
> poster's problem, and generalising somewhat in
> noting
> that the volume of
> CD/DVD drive problems posted in this newsgroup
> suggests
> some deep down
> problems in how they are handled in XP. Do you
> see
> the
> same in the 98/2K
> newsgroups ? No ? Why ? Probably because MS did
> it
> right
> there. They sure
> didn't in XP, or why else are there so many
> problems
> with them posted here ?
>
> JP
>
>
> .
>
>
>
> .
>


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Detfree23

Well, I may have found the answer to my own problem with respect to CD
Rom Drives NOT reading and perhaps a lot of other people's problems as
it relates to ATAPI and D.M.A. of off IDE cables.....Windows XP -
Device Manager - IDE Controller - Properties - All Drives must read
"DMA if available" as opposed to PIO only. Read
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...e/IDE-DMA.mspx (In Google
put, Windows XP CD Rom and DMA). Also check out
http://www.real-knowledge.com/dma.htm....Good Luck. This was a tough
one! Detfree23



Detfree23 Wrote:
> FJ here - hoping someone might have some input with respect to Windows
> XP not reading a CD Rom. In addition to knowing the driver is working
> and the O.S. does see the CD Rom, yet won't read any disk, I've gone to
> Device Manager and properties of the CD Rom and there are places within
> the "Properties Tab" where I read to try and uncheck "Enable digital CD
> audio for the CD-Rom," save it, and go back and re-check it and it would
> work (at least for someone). I have a strong feeling it has something
> to do with Windows XP itself, perhaps the registry??? I've uninstalled
> and rebooted and always, the drive is found and installed with house
> driver. I've disabled and re-enabled CD-Rom drive. I've changed drive
> letters to no avail. This is a Windows XP Pro box. it simply says,
> "Please insert a disk into drive D."


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Detfree23

So I've been told the earlier message might work for some, it didn't
work for me. So......try, try again! This is getting deep and might be
the only work around for me (and perhaps you). This has to be my last
resort (other than calling MS), but try this -
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm or
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817472/ and finally
http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6645 or........ Also
check "IMAPI CD-burn COM" service is running in run->services.msc and
look at your other services too. Alot of people said it had something
to do with Nero since it has is own ATAPI driver. (I can't take credit
for finding the info. I talked with a co-worker who also works for
Best Buy and he's come across this issue twice (he used the michna link
above). Hope this helps someone out there! - Including
ME!........Detfree23


Detfree23 Wrote:
> Well, I may have found the answer to my own problem with respect to CD
> Rom Drives NOT reading and perhaps a lot of other people's problems as
> it relates to ATAPI and D.M.A. of off IDE cables.....Windows XP -
> Device Manager - IDE Controller - Properties - All Drives must read
> "DMA if available" as opposed to PIO only. Read
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...e/IDE-DMA.mspx (In Google
> put, Windows XP CD Rom and DMA). Also check out
> http://www.real-knowledge.com/dma.htm....Good Luck. This was a tough
> one! Detfree23


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Detfree23

And by-the-way, I KNOW rebuilding the OS will fix your problem, but this
is an XP issue, not hardware (based on this string of info.). Really,
MS needs to get a SOLID patch for this error! Rebuilding the OS may
only give access to the CD Roms temporarily if in fact the OS
identifies scratches on a Disk and resorts back to PIO or the fact that
the registry gets out of whack! In 2 builds I'm aware of the situation
is similar. One disks ask to "Place disk in drive D" and one other
situation is that the drive acts like it accepts the CD, but when you
click on the Drive to see the contents, nothing can be seen. But try
those links I've requested and if you have success, respond!
thanks...Detfree23




Detfree23 Wrote:
> So I've been told the earlier message might work for some, it didn't
> work for me. So......try, try again! This is getting deep and might be
> the only work around for me (and perhaps you). This has to be my last
> resort (other than calling MS), but try this -
> http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm or
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817472/ and finally
> http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6645 or........ Also
> check "IMAPI CD-burn COM" service is running in run-services.msc and
> look at your other services too. Alot of people said it had something
> to do with Nero since it has is own ATAPI driver. (I can't take credit
> for finding the info. I talked with a co-worker who also works for
> Best Buy and he's come across this issue twice (he used the michna link
> above). Hope this helps someone out there! - Including
> ME!........Detfree23


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Detfree23