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David Longley <David@longley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>I  have just had to replace a Creative double speed CD-ROM  which 
>was installed in a machine with a SoundblasterPRO 2. I understand 
>this  (CR-563-B) to be a Panasonic interfaced drive. It has  been 
>replaced  with a CR-562-J which has 1993 software with  it,  even 
>though the drive was manufactured in April 1995.
>
>We are not making much progress installing this either as a  drop 
>in replacement or with the software supplied.
>
>Can anyone help? IT was supplied as a direct replacement for  the 
>1993 CR-563-B.
>
>e-mails as well as public posts if possible.
>-- 
>David Longley



I have had some experience of CD Drives, but not much I'm afraid.  I have 
myself a Panasonic CR562B and have had some problems with it.  My mate 
phoned me up not too long ago as a game backed up all of his files and 
saved them in some obscure directory.  This is what I would suggest :

If you have had experience of putting in the previous drive (which you 
may have done) then you may knwo about IRQ and DRQ settings which are 
mainly located on the CD drive somewhere.  You see, my friend was running 
his installation disk, but some dick who installed the drive in the first 
place thought it was quite hilarious to change the default settings.  

This maybe the case with you, and the settings that you are choosing are 
not the ones that the CD drive are set to.  By looking at both the 
settings that the hardware and the software are set to can help in 
determining the error that is happenning.  I trust that you have the 
manuals (Or pieces of paper) which came with this drive so that if come 
you want to add another drive, you can change the settings.

Step 2:  Try looking about on the HD to see if you can find any previous 
programs which used drivers for the CD Drive.  This could be a lot of 
search time, but could teach you quite a lot about where the files are 
saved to.

Step 3:  I take it that the drive runs by using MSCDEX and this maybe the 
case that MSCDEX has got the wrong settings.

Anyhow, try what I have said.  If this does not work, consult the person 
who sold you it.  And if you have no manuals, then get some.  They can be 
invaluable in the future.