Re: HELP !! Cd drive and cd r/w not working correctly in XP Pro

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From: George Hester (hesterloli_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 14:57:21 -0500

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315350 

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George Hester
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"Mitch UK" <Mitch UK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:266702B1-9B63-4D5E-A965-DACF82F64515@microsoft.com...
> Hi can anyone give me any ideas why when i boot up with a cd or dvd in
either
> drive (Ricoh cd-r/rw MP7163a & Mashita DVD Rom) that they work fine but
when
> i try to play a disk when already running it is erroring and saying 'drive
is
> not accessible incorrect function'
>
> if i put a disk in the r/w drive it opens but does not show anything on
the
> disk , also if i put a external usb drive in the machine and boot up with
it
> in , it will open and can use this but if i put in after boot it gives me
the
> same error message .
> All these device are being shown in device manager as working ok , i was
> wondering if it was either drivers or a motherboard issue?
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