Windows - Drive not ready

[DJammyRasta]

Windows - Drive not ready

The drive is not ready for use; its door may be open. please check drive and
make sure that a disk is inserted and that the drive door is closed

anyone have a clue what the hell this means ?

DJR

[clickerx]

Just what is it you are trying to do when you get this obvious (but not
made clear) error message?
Are you trying to copy to your CD_RW drive?
What CD Creator Program are you using?
Are you trying to "Drag and Drop"?

Please offer us a clue as to what you are engaged in here. Maybe
someone will have an answer. - Try again.

"DJammyRasta" > wrote in message
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> Windows - Drive not ready
>
> The drive is not ready for use; its door may be open. please check drive
and
> make sure that a disk is inserted and that the drive door is closed
>
> anyone have a clue what the hell this means ?
>
> DJR
>
>
>

[Testy]

Your garage door is open, please close it.

Testy

"DJammyRasta" > wrote in message
...
> Windows - Drive not ready
>
> The drive is not ready for use; its door may be open. please check drive
and
> make sure that a disk is inserted and that the drive door is closed
>
> anyone have a clue what the hell this means ?
>
> DJR
>
>


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[DJammyRasta]

very helpfull there testy ;)
yes i didn't make that at all clear ... because this is actually a harddrive
error

wrote my problem in a bit more detail

my hdd has gone and died on me ... now if this was just one of my downloads
hdd's i wouldn't really care, maxtor r givin me a new one and i can just
download everythin again but this is my games hdd and as fun as my games r i
dont want to have to start them all again

downloaded a handfull of data recovery utilities and they all seem pretty
rubbish and cant help
the hdd has reverted back to "raw" mode as if it was a new hdd but i know
somethin is still there as it still gets like 3/4 of the way through booting
up windows before it blue screens

the error its givin me now is ....

"the drive is not ready for use; its door may be open. plz check drive and
make sure that a disk (physical location of drive here) is inserted and the
drive door is closed"

anyone got any ideas ??

[ada]

DJammyRasta]very helpfull there testy ;)
yes i didn't make that at all clear ... because this is actually a harddrive
error

wrote my problem in a bit more detail

my hdd has gone and died on me ... now if this was just one of my downloads
hdd's i wouldn't really care, maxtor r givin me a new one and i can just
download everythin again but this is my games hdd and as fun as my games r i
dont want to have to start them all again

downloaded a handfull of data recovery utilities and they all seem pretty
rubbish and cant help
the hdd has reverted back to "raw" mode as if it was a new hdd but i know
somethin is still there as it still gets like 3/4 of the way through booting
up windows before it blue screens

the error its givin me now is ....

"the drive is not ready for use; its door may be open. plz check drive and
make sure that a disk (physical location of drive here) is inserted and the
drive door is closed"

anyone got any ideas ??




I got the same message when I connected my iPod, Drive F:, after a 15 min song tried to transfer. Does this mean the drive is dead? I searched tons of support sites and couldn't find anything about this.