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uuGuru - 29 Dec 2003 14:50 GMT

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 139428 discusses when a
user cannot access the CD-ROM while in Windows (what else
would we be on).

I can't access my Win98SE setup CD-ROM because of what
appears to be the conditions the Article addresses, but if
so, as it says "Modify the Autoexec.bat file to reference
the correct version of the Mscdex.exe file."

Am I missing something or has MS blundered and left out
how we're supposed to determine the correct version of the
file? Simply the most current or just keep trying any we
find?

Also I'm assuming (duh) that the CD-ROM I'm trying to
access is an ".exe" file as the Article mentions, and that
the fix will allow me to use my CD-ROM.

Lastly, my autoexec.bat file is not listed in the Msconfig
folder it belongs in I inadvertantly poofed it quite some
time ago), so what I simply find one ('it') using file
find and/or floppy one up off my other HD and somehow
paste it into Msconfig? Ahhhh!

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glee - 29 Dec 2003 16:21 GMT

You do not need an autoexec.bat file for Windows to start and run...it is only for setting parameters or loading DOS drivers for specific uses.

If you do not have an autoexec.bat file then you do not have the problem mentioned in article 139428.

That article only applies to much older CD-ROM drives that require real-mode (DOS) drivers installed to operate in Windows. No recent CD drives have that requirement. You are also making assumptions as to the rest of your problem that are not supported.

Why not tell us instead, exactly what problems you are having with the drive, exactly what error messages you are getting (word for word), and when you are getting them, so that we can determine what the problem really is?

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> Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 139428 discusses when a
> user cannot access the CD-ROM while in Windows (what else
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> find and/or floppy one up off my other HD and somehow
> paste it into Msconfig? Ahhhh!

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uuGuru - 29 Dec 2003 17:27 GMT

glee- After more double-checking (see below) I end up
trying another CD and it works, yet the Win98SE CD won't
run or even show up as being inserted.

I did mention "the fix will allow me to use my CD-ROM."
And I was/as getting msgs of "D:\ is not ready. The device
is not accessible", and in rtying start, run, D:\ (with
Win98SE setup CD-ROM inserted), it says "D:\ The device is
not ready" With MSI telling me "There are no problem
DEVICES".

Poked around even more and I find trying to access it
using My Computer (clicking on) "D:\" results in- "D:\ is
not accessible. A device attached to the device is not
functioning."

As I believe I've sucessfuly used the same CD-ROM in both
my machines, and with little likeliness of it's been
damaged, with nothing else to check out the CD with, maybe
I've mistakeningly assumed it still works. That lead me
to K-Base's 139428 Article. And so, the 'errant'posting?

>-----Original Message-----
>You do not need an autoexec.bat file for Windows to start and run...it is only for setting parameters or loading DOS

drivers for specific uses.

>If you do not have an autoexec.bat file then you do not have the problem mentioned in article 139428.
>
>That article only applies to much older CD-ROM drives that require real-mode (DOS) drivers installed to operate

in Windows. No recent CD drives have that requirement.
You are also making assumptions as to the rest of your
problem that are not supported.

>Why not tell us instead, exactly what problems you are having with the drive, exactly what error messages you are

getting (word for word), and when you are getting them, so
that we can determine what the problem really is?

>> Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 139428 discusses when a
>> user cannot access the CD-ROM while in Windows (what else
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>
>.

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