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Cdroms/ MS dos compatibility mode
Name: Terry Date: April 24, 2003 at 16:07:41 Pacific OS: Win 98 CPU/Ram: 750 AMD 256MB
Comment:
Everything was fine until yesterday. Computer has been running OK for 18 months. Now in Windows, the CDROM and CD burner are not recognised but work OK in DOS. Not recognised in Control Panel/System. Neither are my Hard disk contollers there anymore. I am running in MS DOS compatibility mode.
Checked registry ... no sign of NOIDE or BAD_IDE. No viruses. I am not running an Autoexec.bat or Config.sys. I never have.
Nothing yellow flagged in registry.
Ran in safe mode. The CDROM and burner were recognised. I removed them hoping that on a reboot they would be detected in Windows. They were not recognised. Windows detect hardware does not find them either.
How can I resolve this problem without a reformat please? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Is this to do with 32 bit drivers?
Name: terry Date: April 24, 2003 at 16:10:46 Pacific
Reply:
I meant to say ... nothing yellow flagged in System/Device Manager
Terry
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Response Number 2
Name: possum Date: April 24, 2003 at 16:12:02 Pacific
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Try reinstalling the chipset drivers for your motherboard to reinstate the hard disk controllers.
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Response Number 3
Name: Bill McMinn Date: April 24, 2003 at 16:15:33 Pacific
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go into msconfig, (start -> run -> type in 'msconfig' no quotes and click Ok) click on the 'Advanced' button and in the window that appears check to see if 'Force Compatiblity mode disk access' is checked, if it is uncheck it and click on 'Ok' and on Ok at the main msconfig window and reboot (you'll probably be prompted to reboot) You should then be good to go.
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Response Number 4
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: April 24, 2003 at 17:04:51 Pacific
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Exit to dos and at the prompt type:
scanreg/restore
and return. Choose a registry to restore with a date that precedes the problem. Then reboot. Any software you installed after that date will need to be reinstalled.
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Response Number 5
Name: mailin2umesh Date: April 26, 2003 at 04:37:06 Pacific
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response # 4 should work since ur systems running gr8 before
Summary: I had this problem 2 days ago so i decided to format my comp, after the fresh format everything worked fine. my cdrom worked, and under system performace it said i was running at optimal performance, ...
Summary: These have been copied from previous posts , overkill I know , but should have everthing covered . John . Go to start, run, type in msconfig, on the general tab, click on advanced and check if the F...
Summary: These have been copied from previous posts , overkill I know , but should have everthing covered . John . Go to start, run, type in msconfig, on the general tab, click on advanced and check if the F...
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