Windows Forum

Ask something
Discussion Locked

Can't access my CD-ROM drive

0 helpful
9 replies

by giacomo

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

Hi,

When I first log onto my machine the cdrom drive which is the E: works, however as soon as I open the cd rom and place another cd in it the Drive doesn't see it however I can access the E: but there is nothing there.

Can anyone help me on this one.

I downloaded the latest patch for the cd but it still isn't working properly.

9 replies

by mike o

My guess would be you've got a hardware problem. If you have any other machines around, I would try swapping the CD-ROM drive and see if you still have the same problem.

OR -- is it only happening with certain CD's? We've got a few machines with older CD-ROM drives that can't read some of our burned CD-R's.

by cd

I encountered this problem with Creative CD-ROMs 48x and 50x and only when using custom-made (i.e. burned) CDs. Usually in these cases, you see only an empty CD or its directories (if any).

1. Try burning CDs at 1x.
2. Or, (sorry to say), use only original CDs.
3. Or, better, buy another CD-ROM and avoid Creative.

Good luck!

by glenmark26

Just try to reinstall the driver of your cdrm or use atapi cdrm driver to reinstall or open your cpu to check the loose cable connection.

by shuja52

What OS you using.. Ps check if this work.
Though WIN 9x and above do not required AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS setting for CDROM but in certain cases it do. So include these lines in your above startup files respectively.
C:\..\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 and
DEVICE=C:\..\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001
check path for mscdex.exe and oakcdrom.sys
In windows mscdex.exe is loacted at C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND and oakcdrom.sys is loacted as C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD directroies

This discussion is closed to new replies.