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Error Reading CD-ROM

3 posts by 2 people · 06 Nov 1999 - 07 Nov 1999

T. Bosser 06 Nov 1999#501744
Trying to install some programs (e.g. GPL) or run them on either Pioneer DVD-drive or Philips CD-Writer results in the message Error Reading CD-ROM in Drive <drive:> Please insert CD-ROM With Serial Number <number> in Drive <drive:> If the CD-ROM is still in the drive, it may require cleaening. Press ENTER for OK or ESC to cancel:OK (Win98, SCSI). The CD-ROMS are ok ( clean originals ) and install/run on a standard CD-drive (i.e. SCSI but neither DVD nor CD-Writer). Is this normal or is there a solution/workaround ? Thomas
I have run into a similar problem in the past. Do you have both drives on the same IDE channel? Win98 (in my case) seems to search only as far as the first removable drive in the chain. I tried leaving my two current favorite game cd's in the drives and found constant cd errors on drive G, my drives are F: and G: Once I removed the cd from drive F my problem went away. Hope that this helps. Paul
Quoted text (15 lines)>Trying to install some programs (e.g. GPL) or run them on either > Pioneer DVD-drive or Philips CD-Writer >results in the message >Error Reading CD-ROM in Drive <drive:> >Please insert CD-ROM With Serial Number <number> in Drive <drive:> >If the CD-ROM is still in the drive, it may require cleaening. >Press ENTER for OK or ESC to cancel:OK >(Win98, SCSI). The CD-ROMS are ok ( clean originals ) and install/run on >a standard CD-drive (i.e. SCSI but neither DVD nor CD-Writer). >Is this normal or is there a solution/workaround ? >Thomas
T. Bosser 07 Nov 1999#501940
Thanks for the reply, but it must be something else. My CD-ROMs are not on the IDE-bus - I'm using SCSI and I have the same effect on both devices. Thomas

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