Re: D DRIVE NOT WORKING

[patty]

I had the same problem, replaced drive and still nothing ,
any ideas
>-----Original Message-----
>Open the case and confirm that each cable end for the
troubled drive is
>seated correctly.
>Confirm that the drive will spin up on startup.
>Use an inexpensive audio CD cleaning kit (disk) to clean
the drive's
>head.
>
>If the drive is detected at POST, and is displayed in
Windows File
>Manager, but cannot be read or written, it may well be
defective.
>Fortunately, a new drive is very inexpensive now, even
52X speed.
>You may wish to upgrade to a DVD reader or a CD-RW now.
>--
>Jack E. Martinelli 2002-04 MVP for Win9X / DTS
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>____
>"MARK" > wrote in
message
...
>> My D Drive won't read discs any more but my e drive is
>> still working perfectly. (They are both CD Drives) can
>> anyone suggest how to restore this.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Mark
>
>.
>

[Noel Paton]

Patty
Try this
Boot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL DVD/CD drives
Remove ALL HD's
Remove ALL IDE Master Controllers
Remove ALL error-flagged devices
Remove ALL entries in the 'Other Devices' branch - if present
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall required drivers.

See if that helps

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

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"patty" > wrote in message
...
> I had the same problem, replaced drive and still nothing ,
> any ideas
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Open the case and confirm that each cable end for the
> troubled drive is
> >seated correctly.
> >Confirm that the drive will spin up on startup.
> >Use an inexpensive audio CD cleaning kit (disk) to clean
> the drive's
> >head.
> >
> >If the drive is detected at POST, and is displayed in
> Windows File
> >Manager, but cannot be read or written, it may well be
> defective.
> >Fortunately, a new drive is very inexpensive now, even
> 52X speed.
> >You may wish to upgrade to a DVD reader or a CD-RW now.
> >--
> >Jack E. Martinelli 2002-04 MVP for Win9X / DTS
> >Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm
> >
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
> >Your cooperation is very appreciated.
> >____
> >"MARK" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> My D Drive won't read discs any more but my e drive is
> >> still working perfectly. (They are both CD Drives) can
> >> anyone suggest how to restore this.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Mark
> >
> >.
> >