[pchelpers] Re: CD Drives aren't working

I suggest the following,
1.0 First shut off your computer (shut down properly).
2.0 Open the case and disconnect the drives from the mother board this is the 
larger cable of the two on the drives.
3.0 Delete the drives from your system via control panel.
4.0 Re-boot your machine without the drives connected, then shut down and power 
off by shutting down.
5.0 Reconnect the drives and let Windows find them. At this point have the 
drivers available or let Windows select a driver for the moment this can always 
be changed later.
See if this corrects the problem.

John F
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> by the way - I have windows 98....
> 
> >-- Original Message --
> >Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:18:36 +0100
> >From: amandawardle@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [pchelpers] CD Drives aren't working
> >To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Reply-To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> >My PC has a CDRW / DVD Samsung combo drive and also a CD drive. A week
> ag=3D
> >o
> >the combo drive stopped working (it says d: not ready when I try and rea=
> d=3D
> >
> >disks) - I thought I might have had a virus as I had been on winmx downl=
> o=3D
> >ading
> >music - and wasn't sure my Norton AV was working properly. I also seemed=
> 
> >to have something called PTsnoop running in the background - which has
> co=3D
> >nflicting
> >write ups on the internet. I have now re-installed NAV and installed a
> Sy=3D
> >mantec
> >firewall (please don't tell me they're bad?). I've managed to stop PTSno=
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> >p
> >running. I reinstalled the combo driver from the Time support web site
> (t=3D
> >hough
> >it was a generic CDRW driver.
> >
> >But - neither of my drives work now, both say they are not ready and whe=
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> >
> >I look in devices, though there are no conflicts, only one drive is ment=
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> >oned.
> >I can see them being recognised at boot up.
> >
> >Can anyone help - what more information do you need?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >
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