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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / General Topics / November 2006Unable to access CDRom.
G'day Trendsetters, my nipper is a drum student. We recently purchased a CDRom of Kenny Aronoff, and the sales assistant apologised but he was unable to supply an accompanying booklet of music notation with the CDRom, but that there was an accompanying PDF file, from which we could print. I am unable to access the CDRom, either in explorer or through Power DVD. Any ideas? I have Win98se > We recently purchased a CDRom of Kenny Aronoff, . . . > I am unable to access the CDRom, either in explorer > or through Power DVD. Windows recognition of the CD drive is Step 2. Step 1 is whether the PC BIOS recognizes the CD drive. This is displayed on screen before Windows begins to load. Post here the Power On Self Test results. We do not know whether this CD drive is broken or improperly connected or what.  SignatureDon Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Do other CDs work OK in the drive? If so, I think it's time to take the CD back to the store for a refund. SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm > G'day Trendsetters, > my nipper is a drum student. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I have Win98se Thank you Don and Gary, Firstly the POST test (from what I have read from Google) seems OK, IIRC correctly there is no beep at all on my machine. All other CDRoms can be read (ie file structure) when I load them either in my E drive (CD writer) or F drive CDRom drive. The Kenny DVD loads as "busy" for some time, then nothing I cannot read anything, the screen suggests there is nothing in either drive. I'll take the DVD back to the store. > Do other CDs work OK in the drive? If so, I think it's time to take the CD > back to the store for a refund. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > I have Win98se Well, at first you said it was a CD, now you say it's a DVD. In that case, it just might be the decoding software. But even then, you should be able to access the files on the disk using Windows Explorer, I think. Not something I know a heck of a lot about, DVD issues. SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm > Thank you Don and Gary, > Firstly the POST test (from what I have read from Google) [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> > >> > I have Win98se Yes, you are correct Gary, and I apologise, it was just an old time habit of reference to any disk I throw in the drive. As you say, any other CD, DVD, VCD, I use, I can always read the file structure, (even though I may not be able to use them) Here, I just get a blank, yet it works fine in my DVD player. Thanks for your time in response. I emailed the company a week ago, but customer service, well you know :) I'll ring the store. > Well, at first you said it was a CD, now you say it's a DVD. In that case, > it just might be the decoding software. But even then, you should be able to [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > >> > > >> > I have Win98se If it works in the DVD Player, then it's a matter of discovering what format it is and whether or not you can obtain a decoder for your version of Windows -- and possibly the make/model of DVD drive might also be a consideration. As I said, I'm no expert in these things. SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm > Yes, you are correct Gary, and I apologise, > it was just an old time habit of reference to any disk [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] >> >> > >> >> > I have Win98se Thank you, Gary. I'll take it along to my IT shop for confirmation. > If it works in the DVD Player, then it's a matter of discovering what format > it is and whether or not you can obtain a decoder for your version of [quoted text clipped - 72 lines] > >> >> > > >> >> > I have Win98se If you are putting a DVD disc into CD-ROM or CD-RW drive on the computer, you are not going to be able to read the file structure or anything else.....a CD drive will not read a DVD disc. If you want to read the PDF file on a DVD disc, either use a DVD drive in your computer, or go to someone that has one in their computer, and use it to copy the PDF file to a CD. SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Yes, you are correct Gary, and I apologise, > it was just an old time habit of reference to any disk [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >> >> > >> >> > I have Win98se Thanks Glen, nothing like embarrassing yourself in front of the world gets the blood flowing, (to the cheeks :) This beats the time I tried to walk through the (closed) Patio door. > If you are putting a DVD disc into CD-ROM or CD-RW drive on the computer, you are > not going to be able to read the file structure or anything else.....a CD drive will [quoted text clipped - 68 lines] > >> >> > > >> >> > I have Win98se LOL....you'll just have to believe me when I tell you that I have done worse than that. :-o SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ > Thanks Glen, > nothing like embarrassing yourself in front of the world [quoted text clipped - 82 lines] >> >> >> > >> >> >> > I have Win98se Good catch, Glen. Never even occurred to me! SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm > LOL....you'll just have to believe me when I tell you that I have done > worse than that. :-o [quoted text clipped - 87 lines] >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > I have Win98se >Thanks Glen, >nothing like embarrassing yourself in front of the world >gets the blood flowing, (to the cheeks :) > >This beats the time I tried to walk through the (closed) Patio door. I've done that with my glass sliding door. However, it was only after my dog did the same thing that I relented and installed some safety markers. BTW, yours *was* a glass door, wasn't it? :-) - Franc Zabkar SignaturePlease remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. My sister did that when she was a very little girl. We always teased her that that's how she got her pug nose (not true, she had it before then, and she's mostly grown out of it... Or into it?) SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:05:40 +0800, "Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> put finger to keyboard and composed: >Thanks Glen, >nothing like embarrassing yourself in front of the world >gets the blood flowing, (to the cheeks :) > >This beats the time I tried to walk through the (closed) Patio door. I've done that with my glass sliding door. However, it was only after my dog did the same thing that I relented and installed some safety markers. BTW, yours *was* a glass door, wasn't it? :-) - Franc Zabkar SignaturePlease remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. Yes it was a glass sliding door Franc, It also had those little white squiggly safety circles. It may have looked humorous, but I can tell you my nose smarted for quite some time. My pride suffered minor abraisions. I've done that with my glass sliding door. However, it was only after my dog did the same thing that I relented and installed some safety markers. BTW, yours *was* a glass door, wasn't it? :-) - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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