A computer issue.

[TBerny]

This has nothing to do with the GW game itself, but with my computer. I know from checking out these forums that there are some knowledgable computer types here. It's a minor issue, but it's bugging me just the same. I’ve recently had problems seeing the contents on my cd writer & dvd rom. If a cd is already in either drive when I boot up my computer, then I can see the contents in windows explorer. But, if I load a cd in either drive, (with comp already running) nothing shows up. It shows zero bytes. I’m not really sure when this started to happen. I’m able to write to the cd, Quicken backups, etc with no problem. Autorun doesn’t work, but was always iffy on the cd rom. The dvd will autorun a dvd when inserted, but I still can’t see files. Also related to this, my Archos jukebox contents are invisible when I attach to the usb. It shows up as F: drive instead of Jukebox, like it’s supposed to. When I try to see the contents, all it says is F:\ inaccessible. Invalid parameters. (Thanks for all the knowledge, Mr. Gates). When I hook the Jukebox up to the computer before startup, it works normally.I use Spybot, Ad-Aware, & AVG virus software. All updated. About a month ago I bought a new keyboard, (Saitek gaming keyboard), & a Logitech MX 1000 laser mouse. Not sure if these caused any problems. I did switch back to my old keyboard & mouse, but it did not help. My restore points don’t go back that far. Would you have any ideas on how to fix this? I would hate to have to reinstall XP. Thanks for any guidance.

[TBMarauder]

Have you tried physically removing, then reinstalling the drive at all?

[TBerny]

Have you tried physically removing, then reinstalling the drive at all?

I assume you mean the F-Jukebox mp3 player. There really isn't anything to install for this. Just plug it into the usb plug. It should just show all the files-mp3s, but wont, unless it is plugged in before the comp is turned on. If you meant the C drive, then no I havn't. I even went back to my old keyboard & mouse, but no help. Ah well. Thanks for reply. Much appreciated.

[TBMarauder]

I assume you mean the F-Jukebox mp3 player. There really isn't anything to install for this. Just plug it into the usb plug. It should just show all the files-mp3s, but wont, unless it is plugged in before the comp is turned on. If you meant the C drive, then no I havn't. I even went back to my old keyboard & mouse, but no help. Ah well. Thanks for reply. Much appreciated.
Hehehe. I was actually referring to the CD-RW/DVD drive. And forgive me if you have already tried the following ...

With your machine powered down and unplugged ...
1. Physically remove CD/DVD drive.
2. Plug in, power up and boot back to Desktop.
3. Check in Device Manager to ensure there are no entries there for your optical drive. If so, uninstall them.
4. Shut down and power down your machine again.
5. Physically reinstall your CD/DVD drive and boot to Desktop.

If the above will not work and you have the required knowledge, you could also try swapping the IDE channel of the drive or the jumper settings (Slave/Master/Cable Select) on any 'shared' IDE devices.

If none of the above will work, it could be that there is a physical problem with the drive, i.e. the beam could possibly be out of alignment, etc.

Anyhow, let me know hoe you get on!

[Ghostlord]

Not so sure it happens alot in XP,but on win 98 i used to have a problem with external drives attempting to hijack drive names from already reserved devices (like hooking up an external zipdrive with two harddrives on occasion caused the zipdrive to hijack D:\ instead of becoming E:\ like it should)
This problem,iirc,is rooted in drives IRQ and not so much the drive itself,even though if it is put as master it could hijack a slaves drive designation.

not sure if this helped at all,just throwing ideas around here,hope you know what i mean :)

[BP-HaWK90]

Not so sure it happens alot in XP,but on win 98 i used to have a problem with external drives attempting to hijack drive names from already reserved devices (like hooking up an external zipdrive with two harddrives on occasion caused the zipdrive to hijack D:\ instead of becoming E:\ like it should)
This problem,iirc,is rooted in drives IRQ and not so much the drive itself,even though if it is put as master it could hijack a slaves drive designation.

not sure if this helped at all,just throwing ideas around here,hope you know what i mean :)

Ahh yes let us all thank Windows and Bill Gates for making such a wonderful operating system. Because I mean what would be better than using Windows Xp? A urinal puck? Well thats only one of the many things that work better than Windows Xp as an operating system.