The ( NYB) boot sector virus can also cause this problem. Type fdisk/mbr From a bootable floppy and it's gone. If your going to re-install your os you have nothing to lose. Don Trippel Don's Electronics Rosthern,Sask Canada Bil Green wrote: > Hi Paul, > > If you dump the CDROM key under Enum (in the registry) all CDROM > drivers will be reinstalled properly when your reboot. This is > about the simplest thing you can do and often works. Do the easy > stuff first. > > -- > Best regards, > > Bil Green > PC 1000 > Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 > 760-924-1000 mailto:tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 11:02:41 AM, you wrote: > > P> Hi Barry, interesting that you should mention ide controllers. When I am > checking controllers in device manager There are two( ! ) marks next to > primary and secondary IDE controller( dual fifo). > P> When I check these out under problem components it says" Device has a > problem, Code=10(0xA)." Then it says device not present,not working or does > not have all the drivers installed. Then there is > P> a list of items starting with Registry Key. The next item is" Alloc. > resources---Logical resources-0". There is an option in a driver window to > look for drivers and update. Have gone through this > P> procedure and it says the drivers are installed and to use as is. These > drivers are for the hard drive I think. Does this affect the CD-Rom? I have > just about reached my limitations in computer > P> literacy. BTW jumpers have not been changed. Paul > P> Barry Thompson <barrystv@xxxxxxx> wrote: How is it configured? Maybe you > have the jumper set wrong or ide is not > P> configure right. Check ide controllers in device manager. > P> barrystv@xxxxxxx > P> Barrys TV > P> Ottawa Canada > P> ----- Original Message ----- > P> From: "Paul" > P> To: > P> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 6:49 PM > P> Subject: [TechAssist] CD-Rom > > >> Computer dose not recognize the CD-ROM. Have tried disconnecting the > P> CD-Rom and turning the computer on then off and reconnect to see if it > would > P> recognize it and there is no evidence that it is in the computer at all. > P> Can' t un-install because there is nothing to un-install. CD-Rom is running > P> when a disc is put in.I do not have the installation disc. But it probably > P> wouldn't install it anyway. It was working fine until I tried to run > P> automan. Had problems and have not been able to use CD-Rom since. Had a > P> computer tech try to get automan to run and he removed some things. Don't > P> know if this caused a problem or not. Any ideas beside buying a new one ? > P> Paul > >> > >> Paul ,B > P> Central TV&Video > P> Grover Beach Ca. > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > P> --- > >> Lost Password: > >> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > >> Email Archives: > >> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > P> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > P> Lost Password: > P> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > P> Email Archives: > P> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > P> Paul ,B > Central TV&Video > P> Grover Beach Ca. > > P> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > P> Lost Password: > P> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > P> Email Archives: > P> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/