RE: CD r/w tries to read every 2 minutes

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From: Billy (Billy_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:50:02 -0700

Do you have only 1 CD/RW in the system?
If so, I think I would try uninstalling the CD Burner software, Power down, disconnect the CD/RW, reboot into XP, let it settle down. Power down, reconnect the CD/RW. Reboot. Reinstall Roxio.

"Cat" wrote:

> I updated Roxie easy cd creator and some windows updates on the same day. After the updates, the NEC 7900a cd r/w tries to read every 2 minutes while there is no cd in the drive and while I am working in a program. I have removed easy cd, uninst~~~ed the driver, updated the driver and firmware, and fin~~~y used selective start up in MSCONFIG. I use the minimal start up item to boot up the system and the problem is still there. The only way to get the CD r/w drive to stop trying to read is to disable the driver. and then I can't use the CD r/w. The Dell techs took 4 hours passing me around to other techs that can't seem to help. Any help with out reinst~~~ings Window XP would be greatly appreciated. I have Dell 8200 w/factory inst~~~ed XP.
> Thanks Cat