cd/dvd drive not accessible

[dave]

I just bought an older sony vaio running win98 and it
won't recognize the cd/dvd drive. It should be the
original OS and hardware. I know the previous owner
tried to set it up as originally set up. I've tried the
4 fixes that Ron suggested:

1. how do I put marks in the drives
2. yes it reads z
3. also reads z
4. says nothing of msdos

my cd/dvd drive is G and trying to click on it says it's
not accessible. it shows 0 used and 0 free space. any
other ideas?

Thanks!!!!!

>-----Original Message-----
>1. Do you have Tweak UI installed? If so, go to My
Computer tab and put
>marks in all drives.
>
>2. Check for a lastdrive statement in the config.sys
file and if it exists,
>make sure it reads: lastdrive=z
>
>3. Run regedit.exe and open it to this key:
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVers
ion\Setup
>
>In the right pane, look for a last drive statement and
if it is present,
>make sure it reads "Z"
>
>4. Control panel, system, performance tab: is there
any comment about
>MSDos compatibility mode?
>
>--
>Regards
>
>Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
>Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
>Knowledge Base Info:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>

[bob y]

>-----Original Message-----
>I just bought an older sony vaio running win98 and it
>won't recognize the cd/dvd drive. It should be the
>original OS and hardware. I know the previous owner
>tried to set it up as originally set up. I've tried the
>4 fixes that Ron suggested:
>
>1. how do I put marks in the drives
>2. yes it reads z
>3. also reads z
>4. says nothing of msdos
>
>my cd/dvd drive is G and trying to click on it says it's
>not accessible. it shows 0 used and 0 free space. any
>other ideas?
>
>Thanks!!!!!
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>1. Do you have Tweak UI installed? If so, go to My
>Computer tab and put
>>marks in all drives.
>>
>>2. Check for a lastdrive statement in the config.sys
>file and if it exists,
>>make sure it reads: lastdrive=z
>>
>>3. Run regedit.exe and open it to this key:
>>
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVers
>ion\Setup
>>
>>In the right pane, look for a last drive statement and
>if it is present,
>>make sure it reads "Z"
>>
>>4. Control panel, system, performance tab: is there
>any comment about
>>MSDos compatibility mode?
>>
>>--
>>Regards
>>
>>Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
>>Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
>>Knowledge Base Info:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>>
>
>.
>bob y.
hello, i just have one tip here and that is to go to
microsoft knowledge base and look up the article 190303,
the full address is
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;190303. The article gives instructions on how to get
your computer to recognize the cd-rom using files from
your win98 start up disk. goodluck

[bob y]

>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I just bought an older sony vaio running win98 and it
>>won't recognize the cd/dvd drive. It should be the
>>original OS and hardware. I know the previous owner
>>tried to set it up as originally set up. I've tried the
>>4 fixes that Ron suggested:
>>
>>1. how do I put marks in the drives
>>2. yes it reads z
>>3. also reads z
>>4. says nothing of msdos
>>
>>my cd/dvd drive is G and trying to click on it says it's
>>not accessible. it shows 0 used and 0 free space. any
>>other ideas?
>>
>>Thanks!!!!!
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>1. Do you have Tweak UI installed? If so, go to My
>>Computer tab and put
>>>marks in all drives.
>>>
>>>2. Check for a lastdrive statement in the config.sys
>>file and if it exists,
>>>make sure it reads: lastdrive=z
>>>
>>>3. Run regedit.exe and open it to this key:
>>>
>>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVer
s
>>ion\Setup
>>>
>>>In the right pane, look for a last drive statement and
>>if it is present,
>>>make sure it reads "Z"
>>>
>>>4. Control panel, system, performance tab: is there
>>any comment about
>>>MSDos compatibility mode?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Regards
>>>
>>>Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
>>>Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
>>>Knowledge Base Info:
>>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>>>
>>
>>.
>>bob y.
>hello, i just have one tip here and that is to go to
>microsoft knowledge base and look up the article 190303,
>the full address is
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
>US;190303. The article gives instructions on how to get
>your computer to recognize the cd-rom using files from
>your win98 start up disk. goodluck
>.
>oh oh,
I just read the article and on the bottom it said it might
not work for older sony drives, (you may need files
downloaded from manufacturer instead)