Are you saying that this is a simple case of a defective drive which should
be replaced?
--
Joe


"M.I.5¾" wrote:


"Joe" wrote in message
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Looking further, I find:
D= DVD drive, Standard _NEC DV-5800A
E= CD-R/W drive, Standard _NEC NR-7800A
Properties under Device Manager shows the same driver for both drives,
it's
Microsoft 5.1.2535.0, Dated 7/1/01 with same green checked details. I
realize they should have different drivers


Nope. Both drives will operate witht the same standard Microsoft drivers.
It sounds like the standard knackered laser problem. XP often reports DVD
drives as CD drives.



"Joe" wrote:

A Rt. Click on the DVD drive Icon + Properties shows it to be a CD-drive,
with unknown file system. Norton Disk Checker says Master Hard Disk 2
Partition Tables is unreadable. Device Manager says it is a DVD/CD-ROM
drive
that is working properly. My guess is installing a new hard drive several
month's ago must be the root of the problem. Everything else seems to be
fine. Where do I go from here? The message I get is that Microsoft
encountered a problem and has to close. Thanks for any help with this.
--
Joe