My cd rom drive

jcoxy4 · 03-08-2006, 04:22 PM

i have just clean installed windows 98 on an old computer.This worked fine.However when on the actual system on my computer when i click the d:\ drive it says disk not accessable ,the device is not ready.I have read many other posts of people with the same problem.They were told to get a new cd rom as it was broken.This cannot be the case for my cd rom.It works as it has just installed windows 98....
How can i fix it....
All help appreaciated...

James

donkey42 · 03-08-2006, 03:41 PM

try it with a non CDr, like the Win98 CD
also try another pre recorded CD (like from a magazine)

does it work ?

jcoxy4 · 03-08-2006, 03:47 PM

Hi,
i have done and no it doesnt work.But its only when it is on the actual main screen with start and my computer that it doesnt work.When i turn on the computer if there is a cd inside then it recognises it .it can obviously read as it installed windows 98.
all help appreciated ...

jcoxy4 · 03-08-2006, 03:50 PM

I maybe also add, that when it was installing hardware it couldnt.This is because it asked for the disk for hardware such as pci stuff etc, and when i put the disk in it didnt work because it was on the main screen and would not read.

dumluck · 03-08-2006, 04:06 PM

Does the cd device appear in device manager normally? Any yellow "!" showing up?

jcoxy4 · 03-08-2006, 04:08 PM

Yep it shows up fine and when i click on properties it says it is working properly.

jcoxy4 · 03-08-2006, 04:12 PM

i do have the option of removing the ide cable and using a "usb to ide" however as it is windows 98 a driver disk would need to be installed for it to fully function as a cd rom.but i cant do that as i would be installing a disk using a cd rom to make that cd rom work.so the disk cannot be installed for me to do that.Unless i could install it on my laptop and transfer it using usb but i dont know how to do that.

All help appreciated ..thanks..

donkey42 · 03-08-2006, 05:57 PM

have you correctly set the master, slave or C/SEL (presumably its IDE) on all your IDE devices

jcoxy4 · 03-08-2006, 06:00 PM

hi,
Yes it is ide,but i do not know how to do what you said....Please could you explain how you do it... thanks

donkey42 · 03-08-2006, 06:59 PM

right, there will be 2 IDE channels:

Primery (IDE 0)
Secondary (IDE 1)

on each channel you can only connect 2 IDE devices (usually HDD or CD / DVD drives)

on each channel there can only be a Master or a Slave (acheving 4 devices)

Primery channel

1 master (dev0)
1 slave (dev1)

Secondary channel

1 master, dev 2
1 slave, dev 3

P.S. a master or slave device can exist alone on an IDE cable, but its good practice to only connect a master to the end of the IDE cable and only connect a slave to the middle IDE connector, but your IDE master may need the jumper moving when you connect a slave (force dev 1 present)

and then theres C/SEL (cable select) this basically means the device on the end of the IDE cable is the master, and the device connected to the middle of the IDE cable

these jumper settings are usually next to the connectors on the device

jcoxy4 · 03-08-2006, 07:54 PM

hi,
thanks i see what you are saying but i use 2 seperate ide cables for the harddrive and cd rom.i have read somewhere that it may be that i need to select the atapi driver however i do not have this option on the screen...

jcoxy4 · 03-08-2006, 07:55 PM

A small breakthrough i can get it to read the win 98 cd if it tries hard.. so it can read...

jcoxy4 · 03-08-2006, 07:56 PM

However when i click the d:\ drive it still says

D:\ is not accessable.
Device is not ready.

donkey42 · 03-08-2006, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcoxy4

However when i click the d:\ drive it still says

D:\ is not accessable.
Device is not ready.

if both IDE devices on separate IDE cables set both devices as master

and scan for spyware and viruses

jcoxy4 · 03-08-2006, 08:51 PM

sorry,
how do i set them both as master,it is just an ide cable with no slave bit inbetween.Does this mean it is already master

03-08-2006, 04:22 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
jcoxy4 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	My cd rom drive i have just clean installed windows 98 on an old computer.This worked fine.However when on the actual system on my computer when i click the d:\ drive it says disk not accessable ,the device is not ready.I have read many other posts of people with the same problem.They were told to get a new cd rom as it was broken.This cannot be the case for my cd rom.It works as it has just installed windows 98.... How can i fix it.... All help appreaciated... James

03-08-2006, 03:41 PM	#2 (permalink) Top
donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,817 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	try it with a non CDr, like the Win98 CD also try another pre recorded CD (like from a magazine) does it work ? __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City

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donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,817 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	have you correctly set the master, slave or C/SEL (presumably its IDE) on all your IDE devices __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City

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donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,817 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	right, there will be 2 IDE channels: Primery (IDE 0) Secondary (IDE 1) on each channel you can only connect 2 IDE devices (usually HDD or CD / DVD drives) on each channel there can only be a Master or a Slave (acheving 4 devices) Primery channel 1 master (dev0) 1 slave (dev1) Secondary channel 1 master, dev 2 1 slave, dev 3 P.S. a master or slave device can exist alone on an IDE cable, but its good practice to only connect a master to the end of the IDE cable and only connect a slave to the middle IDE connector, but your IDE master may need the jumper moving when you connect a slave (force dev 1 present) and then theres C/SEL (cable select) this basically means the device on the end of the IDE cable is the master, and the device connected to the middle of the IDE cable these jumper settings are usually next to the connectors on the device __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City Last edited by donkey42; 03-08-2006 at 07:12 PM.

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03-08-2006, 03:47 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
jcoxy4 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	Hi, i have done and no it doesnt work.But its only when it is on the actual main screen with start and my computer that it doesnt work.When i turn on the computer if there is a cd inside then it recognises it .it can obviously read as it installed windows 98. all help appreciated ...

03-08-2006, 03:50 PM	#4 (permalink) Top
jcoxy4 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	I maybe also add, that when it was installing hardware it couldnt.This is because it asked for the disk for hardware such as pci stuff etc, and when i put the disk in it didnt work because it was on the main screen and would not read.

03-08-2006, 04:06 PM	#5 (permalink) Top
dumluck Geek Trainee Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 47 Male Posts: 14 Times Helpful: 3 Status: Offline	Does the cd device appear in device manager normally? Any yellow "!" showing up?

03-08-2006, 04:08 PM	#6 (permalink) Top
jcoxy4 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	Yep it shows up fine and when i click on properties it says it is working properly.

03-08-2006, 04:12 PM	#7 (permalink) Top
jcoxy4 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	i do have the option of removing the ide cable and using a "usb to ide" however as it is windows 98 a driver disk would need to be installed for it to fully function as a cd rom.but i cant do that as i would be installing a disk using a cd rom to make that cd rom work.so the disk cannot be installed for me to do that.Unless i could install it on my laptop and transfer it using usb but i dont know how to do that. All help appreciated ..thanks..

03-08-2006, 06:00 PM	#9 (permalink) Top
jcoxy4 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	hi, Yes it is ide,but i do not know how to do what you said....Please could you explain how you do it... thanks

03-08-2006, 07:54 PM	#11 (permalink) Top
jcoxy4 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	hi, thanks i see what you are saying but i use 2 seperate ide cables for the harddrive and cd rom.i have read somewhere that it may be that i need to select the atapi driver however i do not have this option on the screen...

03-08-2006, 07:55 PM	#12 (permalink) Top
jcoxy4 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	A small breakthrough i can get it to read the win 98 cd if it tries hard.. so it can read...

03-08-2006, 07:56 PM	#13 (permalink) Top
jcoxy4 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	However when i click the d:\ drive it still says D:\ is not accessable. Device is not ready.

03-08-2006, 08:51 PM	#15 (permalink) Top
jcoxy4 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	sorry, how do i set them both as master,it is just an ide cable with no slave bit inbetween.Does this mean it is already master

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