I've fitted a cd-rw drive to my computer and also kept my existing cd rom drive. The cd-rw is drive D: and the cd-rom drive is drive E:. Now when I try to access a cd using the cd rom it tells me that E: is not accessable. Are there any settings for either drive that I need to check?
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Adding CD-RW to system
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butchrecon
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Are the CDROM and CDR set correctly? IE... Master/Slave? And are all the cables plugged in tightly? Please let us (Tek-tips members) know if the solutions we provide are helpful to you. Not only do they help you but they may help others.
James Collins
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James Collins
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email: butchrecon@skyenet.net
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butchrecon
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Nope as long as one is master and the other is slave. Personally I would make the CDR master and CDROM slave. Please let us (Tek-tips members) know if the solutions we provide are helpful to you. Not only do they help you but they may help others.
James Collins
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email: butchrecon@skyenet.net
James Collins
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email: butchrecon@skyenet.net
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The CDR is set to master and the CDrom to slave but I've noticed that no matter what type of cd I put into cdrom drive it thinks it's an audio cd. I've recently upgraded my system to 1.3 Ghz amd with 256Mb ram and during this upgrade refitted the cdrom.
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philanrandi
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when you installed the latest drive did you put on secondary with tje cdrom? if so check for conflicts ! if not put cdrom and cdrw onsecondary!
conceptumator
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I think you're barking up the wrong tree. For some reason, CDR's always seem to place themselves earlier in the drive letter food chain. It's easy to fix, though. Just go into My Computer, right click on either of the CD drives, then choose properties. You should see an area where you can set the start and finish drive letters. Set these to the letter you want on one drive and the other should automatically compensate by revising itself. The error you are getting sounds like you used the CD drive (and it's old drive letter) to install them and they are still looking for the CD in the same place (letter). You can sometimes find a config file (*.cfg) in the program folder for the program you are having the problem with. Open this config file (using notepad or similar) and look for a path to the drive; change the letters and you should be OK. Other programs (like Win98) will have this set up in the registry; use a similar method to change it there. Personally, I would change the drive letters using the first method I mentioned -- much easier and more dependable.
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