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Article #1733Re: My CD-Rom doesn't seem to be working
From: Sean Butler-Lee
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:14
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:14
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Well that's a bit of a stupid response, isn't it? How else would you suggest testing to see if it's a hardware fault or a software fault? Sean "Eric Lambert" <lamberteric@videotron.ca> wrote in message news:9g3ba3$hgk$1@news.creativelabs.com... > The problem isn't to make your CD-ROM work in DOS but W2K, I'm sure DOS will > work fine my Grand-Mother could write a driver for DOS, I guess W2K is too > hard for you guys because there's not 1 Creative CD-ROM I worked with that > works FINE at 100% in W2K. > > P.S. W2K means windows 2000 if you didn't know > > > "Chris Gilbert (Creative Labs)" <cgil@clok.creaf.com> wrote in message > news:9g0vdq$7uk$1@news.creativelabs.com... > > I would suggest trying the drive in Dos to see if you get the same > results. > > You may also want to check all of your connections and make sure that > > everything is hooked up properly. > > > > In order to make a bootable floppy disk with IDE CD-ROM drivers: > > > > 1) Create a bootable floppy disk (format a:/s) > > > > 2) Download SBIDE121.EXE, and extract the files into their own directory > > (like C:\SBIDE). > > > > 3) Copy SBIDE.SYS from C:\SBIDE to the floppy disk. > > > > 4) Edit the config.sys on the floppy and add the following line: > > DEVICE=A:\SBIDE.SYS /P:170,15 /p:1F0,14 /D:MSCD001 /V > > > > 5) Copy MSCDEX.EXE from C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND to A: > > > > 6) Edit the autoexec.bat on the floppy and add the following line: > > A:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /V > > > > 7) Start your computer using the boot floppy. > > > > > > > > -- > > Chris Gilbert > > Creative Labs > > Technical Support > > www.soundblaster.com > > Mike C <Bruticus@the-beach.net> wrote in message > > news:9g0d72$qtc$1@news.creativelabs.com... > > > I have a Creative 52X CD-Rom and it doesn't want to work, when I put in > a > > CD > > > it just makes My Computer inaccessible for a few seconds then it ejects > > the > > > disk. WHat is wrrong with my CD-Rom,.. can I clean it or something what > > else > > > could it be? Im running Windows 2000 with it. > > > > > > Thanks,. please email me at bruticus@the-beach.net > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > >
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