CD Rom not working

[gripper01007]

This problem arose a few days ago, insert disk - not reading , I am running a
partitioned drive - backed up c to d - reinstalled win98 cd rom working - restored
files and same problem. Suggestions at this stage would be appreciated. Tried (dos scanreg/restore, changes to autoexec and config, didnt post at MS site, but probaly should because i followed some of their advice (knowledge server) Aside from wiping everything and starting over I would like to try a few other things. Thanks

 

[jexster]

Ok on the deatils you have fiven alls i can do is assume so here are a few.you smoke around it and it has got to much of it on the laser lens in which case youll have to take it apart and clean the laser lens.its broke you got a really bad cheapy and its has run its course of life.in your cmos in dos its not setup in there.you need a new cable for it.your power supply isnt big enough for your computer.I really cant say thou.

 

[gripper01007]

ok jexster thanks, however I can still fdisk and reload/restore (this means using w98
install cd) somewhere in the process or after; the drive is just not being recognized,
tried the registry editor to find the" noide" its not there, so not an issue.
I'm throwing this in from the sys info.

LITEON CD-ROM LTN526S
CDROM
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\SCSI\LITEON__CD-ROM_LTN526S__Y\MF&CHILD0000&PCI&VEN_1039&DEV_5513&SUBSYS_0A011019&REV_D0&BUS_00&DEV_00&FUNC_0110
Alloc resources: None
Forced resources: None
Boot resources: None
Filtered resources: None
Basic resources: None
Driver: CDROM\0000
Driver Date: 5-11-1998

HP CD-Writer+ 9100
CDROM
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\SCSI\HP______CD-WRITER+_9100_1\MF&CHILD0001&PCI&VEN_1039&DEV_5513&SUBSYS_0A011019&REV_D0&BUS_00&DEV_00&FUNC_0100
Alloc resources: None
Forced resources: None
Boot resources: None
Filtered resources: None
Basic resources: None
Driver: CDROM\0001
Driver Date: 5-11-1998

 

[spacekowboy]

i dont recall the codes,but if its a liteon cd,the lights
will tell u if its a hardware problem.

u dont mention reloading the drivers btw, always a good start.

and u can move it on the ide cable or from one controller to the other.

let us know.

:-Q x->

 

[Cindy1]

Use a windows startup diskette and at the (a prompt) type d: then enter then type dir to see if you can read it in dos. If you can read it in dos then it's a windows driver issue and you know it's not the drive. Liteon drives are very common they are easy to find drivers for. Drivers are the software a device needs to run.
Good Luck,
Keep us posted
Cindy

 

[jackha]

You didn't say whether or not you changed drivers but I assume you did or tried to. I have 2 lite on's on my system a rom and a rw the rom is a 301 "old" 98 I believe. Anyway it uses a driver provided by win98 os but the new one has to have a driver from lite on. It sounds like a driver problem to me and I suggest going to lite on and downloading one from there.. Good luck and have fun

 

[gripper01007]

ok, thanks people, I really appreciate this.Briefly I have reloaded drivers with no
success and tried it from a reboot from floppy which shows or apparently shows
the drivers loading and then error message when trying to access cd rom drive.

A couple of things; fdisk reload works, after files r restored not working

therefore: somewhere in registry, possible ?

something having to do with bios ?

motherboard in write protected mode, would that do
it ?

My next move is to selectively back up C and reinstall/restore . What happens to the registry ? I'll back it up, but where this cd rom was working a few days beforehand, what happened between then and now ? Is there a log that I could check for this ( scandisk, reg checker only maintain about 5 previous ) ?

 

[ANFPS26]

Have you tried to remove the CD-ROM and CD-RW in Device Manager and re-start and let the system detect and re-install? You might need to even do this in safe mode. Look and see if Device Manager looks normal first in normal and safe mode and remove them even if they do look normal. "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing....."

 

[spacekowboy]

u can try reloading op sys over itself if u think its a op sys prob before format ad reload. or use sfc,type sfc at the run line.

u also dont mention trying from the c prompt,]
scanreg/restore

and picking a date when it was working

these are to avoid a format/reload if possible

let us know

:-Q x->

 

[cdogg]

If the BIOS sees the cdrom drives during POST, then it's definitely an OS problem.

If you go to the Performance tab (Control Panel->System), verify that you don't see a caution message that drives are using "MS-DOS COmpatibility".

~cdogg