Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    mekran12's Avatar
    mekran12 Posts: 22, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #1

    Jun 3, 2005, 02:24 PM
    CD Drive Error
    I recently formatted and installed Windows 2000 in an older PC. Whenever I boot up and try to access my cd driver in explorer, it gives me this error: The cd is not formatted. Format Now? It doesn't matter if I click yes or no, it still won't read the cd. It is recognized in explorer. I tried changing the cd from the second IDE channel to the first and slaved it off the hard drive. No Luck. I went to the manufacture's website and it said that the drivers were native to Windows and there should be no problems. I created a boot disk and tried to use its generic drivers for the drive. NOPE. I tried switching IDE cable on both channels. Nada. Any ideas? BIOS recognizes the drive and Windows tells me the drivers work fine. I did a web search and apparently a lot of people have this same problem. But the I couldn't find any advice different that what I already tried. Hardware Experts- Please Advise.
    StuMegu's Avatar
    StuMegu Posts: 576, Reputation: 64
    Senior Member
    		  
    #2

    Jul 26, 2005, 01:54 PM
    CD type
    What type of CD are you trying to read. Is it a RW by any chance, or do you have this problem with all CD's?
    mekran12's Avatar
    mekran12 Posts: 22, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #3

    Jul 26, 2005, 06:34 PM
    I can't read any type of cd. Not just RW.
    StuMegu's Avatar
    StuMegu Posts: 576, Reputation: 64
    Senior Member
    		  
    #4

    Jul 27, 2005, 01:13 AM
    Clean the Drive
    Have you tried using a CD lens cleaner? A dusty or smoky environment can cause problems reading the drive when the hardware is detected. You can get these cleaning kits from most PC shops (they usually are a CD with a small brush attached which wipes the lens as the cd spins). If this does not work, can you try the drive in another machine?

    I agree that you don't need drivers to read from CD rom drives. Did you install windows using this drive?
    Press2Esc's Avatar
    Press2Esc Posts: 251, Reputation: 10
    Full Member
    		  
    #5

    Jul 27, 2005, 06:48 AM
    Can the CD(s) be read on a different PC? If so, cleaning the reader lens AND the CD is recommended.

    P2E
Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions
 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.


Check out some similar questions!

How to fix this error... [ 17 Answers ]

Well its about outlook express... every time I open it there's an error show here it is: :confused: The host 'SMTP' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'POP3', Server: 'SMTP', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error:...

USB External Hard Drive (drive connect problem) [ 7 Answers ]

After connecting my external hard drive to a usb port. Assigns to a used drive F. to get to the ext hd I have to disconnect F then I'm able to open the ext hd. How can I get the ext. hd to go to the next available drive letter or can I assign one?

Odd boot error / DVD drive problem. [ 3 Answers ]

Hello all. I've a dual boot XP/RH9 system selected via GRUB. Recently I found that opening and reclosing the media draw on a Pioneer A06 DVD rewriter (secondary master) would cause an abnormal reboot. The Acer DVD player also on the machine causes no such error. OK so I need to change the...

Error [ 2 Answers ]

I have a game I tried to download and all that comes up is the message as follows. 16 bit c drive / autoexc.nt system file not suitable. It's a old game that says for win 95 and I have a win. XP does this matter? Thank you

Modems on one drive not on other drive [ 3 Answers ]

Help I have a compaq 501OUS pent 3 win ME. I have a 2 gig hardrive I have no problem going on line, when I took my 2gig hardrive out and put a 40gig hardrive in my moden won't respond, I have reinstall the modem(US Robotics PCI Faxmodem includes V.92 and V.90 ITU standard technologies) physycly...

View more questions Search