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Ryan - 18 Apr 2004 14:57 GMT

I'm getting an error message when I try to access my cd-
rom drive. It says "D:\ is not accessible The device is
not ready". Can anyone give a hint as to what I need to
do to correct the problem? I'd appreciate any help anyone
can give me.

Thanks in advance.

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Jon_Hildrum - 18 Apr 2004 15:07 GMT

Check in control panel -system -device manger and see if you have a yellow !
in front of the IDE Controller

(EXpand it by clicking the plus in front)

If this is the case then Try this article

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;151911&Product=w98

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> I'm getting an error message when I try to access my cd-
> rom drive. It says "D:\ is not accessible The device is
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> Thanks in advance.

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Ryan - 18 Apr 2004 15:52 GMT

I checked and there was no yellow ! in front of the IDE
Controller. Thank you for the help though.

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>Check in control panel -system -device manger and see if you have a yellow !
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Richard G. Harper - 18 Apr 2004 19:15 GMT

Try cleaning the drive with a standard audio CD player cleaning disc. If
that fails, the drive may be faulty and in need of replacement.

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> I'm getting an error message when I try to access my cd-
> rom drive. It says "D:\ is not accessible The device is
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Thanks in advance.

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