Re: "System Cannot Recognize the CD"

Tech Tip: Click here to run a free scan for Windows Errors and optimize PC performance


"Jeff Y." <schematherapy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1174086140.592962.225150@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Jim, do you mean I should replace the CD-ROM drive or the IDE drive?
The CD-ROM drive seeems to be able to read other CD's. If there's
something wrong with the drive, could it have trouble reading some
kinds of discs but not others?

On Mar 16, 6:42 pm, "Jim" <j...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Jeff Y." <schemather...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:1174083992.398910.105380@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



My problem has stumped a Microsoft Certified Technician who finally
gave up (although of course he stll charged me). Here it is:

I recently installed Windows XP in a configuration with a large IDE
drive as the boot device, and 2 SATA drives as storage drives (not
RAID). Windows cannot "see" the two SATA drives from the IDE drive.

At the advice of some other users in this group, I tried to use the
utlity CD-ROM that came with my motherboard (DFI LanParty) to install
drivers for the SATA controllers. When I try to run the motherboard
utlity program, I get a Windows error message: "The system cannot
recognize the CD. Please insert the correct CD into the CD-ROM drive."

I tried several things to identify the problem. First, I put the same
utlity CD-ROM into another computer and tried to access it from
within
Windows. I had no problem at all. The utility popped up immediately.
Second, I made a duplicate of the utility CD-ROM on a blank disc to
be
sure the CD-ROM itself wasn't damaged. Still got the same error
message. Third, I copied all the files from the utlity CD-ROM onto
another disc using a standard ISO format (in case the utlity CD-
ROM used a different format). Same error message. Finally, I
installed
a UDF Reader driver in Windows in case the CD-ROM was in UDF format.
Same error message.

I can't get a response from DFI tech support. What can I try next?

Replace the drive?

Jim- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


I meant the CD drive. That seems to be where the difficulty lies.

But, if you can read other CDs in the drive, then I am out of ideas.

Jim


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: nubie looking for external scsi cd drive for sparc10
    ... CD-ROM, or another one to netboot off of. ... Searching for SCSI CD-ROM gave 477 hits? ... Tape drives were typically set to SCSI-ID 4 and SCSI-ID 5. ... will require a password to boot from the CD-ROM. ...
    (comp.sys.sun.hardware)
  • Re: CD-ROM read fails. Recovery is impossible.
    ... > CD-ROM media is second only to diskettes as being prone to errors. ... the disk as possible, both with a custom 2.4.20 for k7 and other 2.4.x ... Dirty lens on the pickup head. ... Drives are usually designed to place several ...
    (Debian-User)
  • "System Cannot Recognize the CD"
    ... I recently installed Windows XP in a configuration with a large IDE ... and 2 SATA drives as storage drives (not ... utlity CD-ROM that came with my motherboard to install ... Please insert the correct CD into the CD-ROM drive." ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: "System Cannot Recognize the CD"
    ... do you mean I should replace the CD-ROM drive or the IDE drive? ... and 2 SATA drives as storage drives (not ... utlity CD-ROM that came with my motherboard to install ... Same error message. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Slow Install -- OS/2 Warp 4
    ... You can create a bootable installation CD... ... Installing OS/2 Warp Using the Internal CD-ROM and Diskette Drive ... Open the OS/2 System folder; then open the Drives folder. ...
    (comp.os.os2.setup.misc)