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Re: CD-ROMs will not read anymore.

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From: Jeff Rich
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 17:57
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The error I get is:  "CDR 101:  Not ready reading drive E:"

"Phil Perkins (Creative Labs)" wrote:

> Please try the drive in DOS and give me the error that you receive.
>
> --
> Phil Perkins
> Creative Labs Technical Support
> http://www.creativehelp.com
> Tech Support: 405-742-6655
> http://www.soundblaster.com
> "Jeff Rich" <richj44@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:3A16C62A.565087F@bellsouth.net...
> > I have a 52X creative cd rom which suddenly stopped reading cd's
> yesterday.  I
> > haven't tried it in DOS but I have tried on two different PC's, one with
> Win98
> > and the other WinME.  This CDRom is 3 months old.  Can you tell me how to
> go
> > about getting an RMA as I'd like to exchange it.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > "Phil Perkins (Creative Labs)" wrote:
> >
> > > Which CD ROMS are they? Do you receive any error in DOS when trying to
> read
> > > the CD's?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Phil Perkins
> > > Creative Labs Technical Support
> > > http://www.creativehelp.com
> > > Tech Support: 405-742-6655
> > > http://www.soundblaster.com
> > > "M. Paul Ketler" <ollie1962@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:8uii3p$mua$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > > > I have 4 Creative CD-ROM drives that are on their last legs. They are
> > > > exhibiting the same symptoms as the last 2 that died completely on me.
> > > > After a short time, (2 - 12 months) they will stop reading most burned
> > > CDs.
> > > > Shortly thereafter they won't read any CDs at all.
> > > >
> > > > This is not related to any other hardware, media, software, etc. They
> are
> > > > installed on different systems, I have tried KAO, Kodak, Maxell,
> Verbatim
> > > > etc etc media, several different recording packages.
> > > > The only constant is the drives themselves. In some cases I have
> copied
> > > > files from a disk with no problems and a week later tried to copy from
> the
> > > > same disk and been unable to even read the contents.
> > > >
> > > > This evening I ran across a web site that contained user reviews of
> many
> > > > types of CD-ROM Drives. I discovered that I am not alone.
> > > > I would be more than happy to provide the URL for reference if someone
> is
> > > > willing to deal with this issue.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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From: Jeff Rich <richj44@bellsouth.net>
Newsgroups: creative.products.cd.removable_storage
Subject: Re: CD-ROMs will not read anymore.
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:57:59 -0500
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