cd drive problem

[Silvergrey]

'Older' Micron Millennia computer
XP home (all updates installed)
320 MB RAM
CD drive is OEM NEC

Today, on boot, the mouse cursor has the little spinning CD next to it
continually. The CD request is hogging nearly all my resources. If I
disable it (physically - or virtually through device manager) the rest of the
system works fine. As soon as I enable (or re-install) the CD drive the
little spinning disk attaches to my cursor and the system comes to a near
halt. If I wait long enough device manager shows the CD drive is working
properly with no conflicts.

Would anyone offer any suggestions?

Thanks

[Sharon F]

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 00:19:43 -0700, Silvergrey wrote:

> 'Older' Micron Millennia computer
> XP home (all updates installed)
> 320 MB RAM
> CD drive is OEM NEC
>
> Today, on boot, the mouse cursor has the little spinning CD next to it
> continually. The CD request is hogging nearly all my resources. If I
> disable it (physically - or virtually through device manager) the rest of the
> system works fine. As soon as I enable (or re-install) the CD drive the
> little spinning disk attaches to my cursor and the system comes to a near
> halt. If I wait long enough device manager shows the CD drive is working
> properly with no conflicts.
>
> Would anyone offer any suggestions?
>
> Thanks

If there is a CD in the drive when you're ready to shutdown, remove it so
that it is not in the drive at startup.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP/ Windows XP - Shell/User

[Silvergrey]

Thanks Sharon - See my reply to Chris.


"Sharon F" > wrote in message
...
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 00:19:43 -0700, Silvergrey wrote:

> 'Older' Micron Millennia computer
> XP home (all updates installed)
> 320 MB RAM
> CD drive is OEM NEC
>
> Today, on boot, the mouse cursor has the little spinning CD next to it
> continually. The CD request is hogging nearly all my resources. If I
> disable it (physically - or virtually through device manager) the rest of
the
> system works fine. As soon as I enable (or re-install) the CD drive the
> little spinning disk attaches to my cursor and the system comes to a near
> halt. If I wait long enough device manager shows the CD drive is working
> properly with no conflicts.
>
> Would anyone offer any suggestions?
>
> Thanks

If there is a CD in the drive when you're ready to shutdown, remove it so
that it is not in the drive at startup.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP/ Windows XP - Shell/User