zaconline
June 11th 04, 04:41 AM
I have not tried replacing either drive yet, because it
didn't seem logical that both the cd-rw drive AND the
DVD drive, different manufacturers, different installation
time and different amount of usage would BOTH go bad at
the same time.
Before I try installing a new drive I am looking for other
suggestions.
I did try uninstalling the cd-rw drive and letting windows
find and install it again.
>-----Original Message-----
>Have you tried replaceing with a know good drive? At
>least that could narrow it down somewhat
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>I have a Yamaha CDW2100E drive, which has worked fine
for
>>several years. However, recently
>>it stopped reading disks. The drive appears in "my
>>computer" and in device manager, but no longer
>>reads any CDROM, not the ones I have burned or ones
that
>>have been commercially produced.
>>What makes this an even stranger problem is that the DVD
>>drive which came with my Micron Millennia
>>4 years ago, has also stopped reading CDs.
>>
>>I tried disconnecting the cable of each of the drives
and
>>reconfiguring the cable so that only the
>>CD_RW drive was connected. Same problem. I replaced
the
>>cable and thought it was fixed when
>>it then read the disks in both drives. But then when I
>>changed the disks in each drive, neither
>>would read the new disk. I tried formatting with INCD
>>which it said it had done successfully, but then
>>I could not write to the drive. I tried using NERO burn
>>to record a disk, which it said had been
>>successful, but again I could not read it. The DVD
drive
>>label does still appear in my computer after
>>I re-boot on occasion, but doesn't read any subsequent
>>disks.
>>
>>The error message is: "Windows cannot read from this
>>disk. The disk might be corrupted or it could be using
a
>>format that is not compatible with windows."
>>
>>Is it possible this is a Windows XP problem or a
software
>>problem? The only changes I recall
>>making in the last number of months, were to install all
>>of the XP updates and to install Norton
>>Internet Security.
>>
>>I am a loss to figure out how next to troubleshoot this
>>problem. Any ideas?
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>
didn't seem logical that both the cd-rw drive AND the
DVD drive, different manufacturers, different installation
time and different amount of usage would BOTH go bad at
the same time.
Before I try installing a new drive I am looking for other
suggestions.
I did try uninstalling the cd-rw drive and letting windows
find and install it again.
>-----Original Message-----
>Have you tried replaceing with a know good drive? At
>least that could narrow it down somewhat
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>I have a Yamaha CDW2100E drive, which has worked fine
for
>>several years. However, recently
>>it stopped reading disks. The drive appears in "my
>>computer" and in device manager, but no longer
>>reads any CDROM, not the ones I have burned or ones
that
>>have been commercially produced.
>>What makes this an even stranger problem is that the DVD
>>drive which came with my Micron Millennia
>>4 years ago, has also stopped reading CDs.
>>
>>I tried disconnecting the cable of each of the drives
and
>>reconfiguring the cable so that only the
>>CD_RW drive was connected. Same problem. I replaced
the
>>cable and thought it was fixed when
>>it then read the disks in both drives. But then when I
>>changed the disks in each drive, neither
>>would read the new disk. I tried formatting with INCD
>>which it said it had done successfully, but then
>>I could not write to the drive. I tried using NERO burn
>>to record a disk, which it said had been
>>successful, but again I could not read it. The DVD
drive
>>label does still appear in my computer after
>>I re-boot on occasion, but doesn't read any subsequent
>>disks.
>>
>>The error message is: "Windows cannot read from this
>>disk. The disk might be corrupted or it could be using
a
>>format that is not compatible with windows."
>>
>>Is it possible this is a Windows XP problem or a
software
>>problem? The only changes I recall
>>making in the last number of months, were to install all
>>of the XP updates and to install Norton
>>Internet Security.
>>
>>I am a loss to figure out how next to troubleshoot this
>>problem. Any ideas?
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>