Why does my CD-Rom fail to respond

[mooneemax]

When I select my CD-Rom (drive I, I get the following message:
"There is no valid media in the drive.
Make sure you have a disk inserted and
drive door closed"
with the options "Retry or Cancel"
The message occurs even when I insert the Windows 98se Updates disk,
which I am confident is not faulty.
Looking at system properties:
The Disk drive (Sony CD-Rom CDU5231)
Settings tab shows under Device status:
This device is working properly.
I have these options ticked:
Disconnect
Auto insert notification
I have unticked:
DMA
Driver Tab
Provider Microsoft
date 4-23-1999
"No driver files are required or have been loaded for this device.
To update etc."
I assume the Microsoft generic driver is all that is required.

The probable cause of the problem: I have been working with Easy CD Creator 5.0 and Drive Image 2002 with the object of creating a spanned image of my system, so far without success.
Hopefully a reader can tell me what my "tweaking activities" have upset.

 

[bmac50]

Try unchecking the "disconnect" and see if that doesn't help.

 

[mooneemax]

Thanks for your suggestion Bmac50, I tried unchecking disconnect with no apparent result.
I bit the bullet and removed the CD-Rom from the Device manager, restarted the computer and reinstalled the CD-Rom.
I still get the same problem described above with exactly the same details.Is there any way I can easily check status of of this device i.e Good or faulty,while still installed?
Does anyone have any clues?

 

[WheeDoggy]

Have you tried one of those cd head cleaners?

 

[ANFPS26]

You don't mention a CD-RW (burner). Do you have one? Have the CD-ROM and CD-RW worked before? What OS and system specs. Jim

Please come back and let us know if your
problem is fixed and what fixed it!!

 

[quebasic2]

Some cd will not play in certain cdrom drives. Especially if they are burned on a home computer.

 

[mooneemax]

Wheel Doggy
I bought a CD cleaning kit yesterday(Sunday). I have been searching the "web" this morning for information on my Sony CD 5231 re-cleaning lens etc. I'll let you know the result.

ANFPS26
Following are some details of my computer specs:
Operating System
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222)
System Model Intel Corporation
Main Circuit Board: Intel Corporation SE440BX AA695201-405B
Serial Number: IUSE81604678
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. 4S4EB0X1.86A.0027.P10 10/05/98
Processor a
350 megahertz Intel Pentium II
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Drives Memory Modules
25.62 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
14.08 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

MITSUMI CR-4804TE [CD-ROM drive]
SONY CD-ROM CDU5231
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5&quot

QUANTUM FIREBALL EL5.1A (5.13 GB) [Hard drive] -- drive 0
QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS20.5 (20.55 GB) [Hard drive] -- drive 1

384 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'J6J1' has 64 MB
Slot 'J6J2' has 64 MB
Slot 'J7J1' has 256 MB

The Mitsumi Burner was installed about 18 months ago and I
have made many audio and data disks with it.
The Sony CD-Rom replaced a Creative CD3231E which I removed
because of a similar error message and because it was a
little noisy.
I am trying to determine whether the error message is
symptomatic of a faulty CD-Rom or is it a system problem?
I also bought a new BenQ(Acer)HISpeed CD-RW which I plan to
install as the primary burner, I'll continue to use the
Mitsumi drive mainly as a CD-Rom.
Thanks for your help,
Max