Re: Win XP reports no floppy & no CD??????
From: R. C. White (rc_at_corridor.net)
Date: 12/16/04
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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:40:33 -0600
Hi, Stan.
Thanks for the report back. Congratulations on your success! ;<)
That's one I never would have figured out because I know nothing at all
about Alcohol, although I have heard the name a couple of times. I'm glad
your process of elimination finally uncovered the problem.
Now, Enjoy WinXP! ;<)
RC
-- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@corridor.net Microsoft Windows MVP "Stan Kay" <stan.kay@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:O65iAkt4EHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > Hi RC, > > I have now tried an "in place upgrade" but that failed to too. As a > result of all my failed attempts I concluded ( just a wild guess!) that > there must be a driver conflict causing this problem so decided to see > what effect there was from removing applications one by one and > re-booting. Eventually, I found that removing Alcohol 120 fixed the > problem. Subseqeuntly, a visit to the forums on the Alcohol web site > revealed that this is is registered as a problem when Adaptec products are > present. I discovered that the key is to install Alcohol 120 AFTER > everything else is installed. During the Alcohol installation process up > pops a message that Windows has found a new SCSI device (i.e. Alcohol has > over written the driver but Windows then identifies the SCSI controller > again and re-instals the drivers). The Alcohol installation process then > pauses whilst the SCSI driver re-installation takes place and then > completes it's installation. Subseqeuntly everything works fine. > > So, many thanks to everyone who has offered help and I hope my experiences > and solution may be of value to others. > > > "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message > news:eD0fEpg4EHA.3376@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >> Hi, Stan. >> >> Adaptec SCSI? Me, too. But my only remaining SCSI device is my IBM HD >> (a humongous <g> 9 GB model), which is my boot device. My first several >> CD-ROMs were SCSI, but both current DVDs are IDE models. >> >> My first reaction when I saw your mention of SCSI was that you might have >> the CD disabled in the SCSI BIOS, but then I remembered that you earlier >> said that it appears during POST, so there goes that idea. Besides, if I >> read your last post correctly, your CD is an IDE device, not SCSI. >> >> The floppy is not supposed to show up in Disk Management, but there >> should be two lines in Device Manager, one for the FDD controller and one >> for the drive. >> >> The CD/DVD definitely should show up in both Device Manager and Disk >> Management. Sometimes a new HDD needs to be "initialized", but this >> should not apply to the CD/DVD. Sometimes I'm startled when I open Disk >> Management and don't see all of my CDs, but then I realize that I just >> need to scroll down. With my many HD volumes, flash drive, etc., the >> Graphical View sometimes is too large to show without scrolling. >> >> If you must reinstall, you might want to do an "in-place upgrade". This >> will reinstall WinXP itself, but preserve your existing applications and >> data. If your WinXP CD-ROM does not include SP2, you'll need to add that >> after the reinstallation. Still, this should cut your reinstallation >> time from a full day to less than a half-day, maybe a couple of hours. >> Microsoft's instructions are in this KB article: >> How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q315341 >> >> Keep us posted on your progress. I haven't seen this problem reported >> before. >> >> RC >> -- >> R. C. White, CPA >> San Marcos, TX >> rc@corridor.net >> Microsoft Windows MVP >> >> "Stan Kay" <stan.kay@ntlworld.com> wrote in message >> news:etu35Hg4EHA.3416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>> Hi RC, >>> >>> Neither the floppy nor the CD/DVD show up in Disk Management and I do >>> not, and have never, used TweakUI. But thank you for the suggestion. I >>> have also been told via another source that Nero often conflicts with >>> Adaptec to cause exactly this problem. However, altough I do have >>> Adaptec products (SCSI controller and drives only) I do not have Nero >>> and so that cannot be the cause of the problem either. >>> >>> I shall continue to search and will post back a solution if I find one. >>> However, a complete re-install takes about a day (operating system and >>> all software etc) so if I have no solution by tomorrow then I will >>> perform a clean instal of Windows. >>> >>> >>> >>> "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message >>> news:%23iKxnCg4EHA.1976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>>> Hi, Stan. >>>> >>>> Does the CD/DVD drive show up in Disk Management? >>>> >>>> Are you using TweakUI? That offers a setting to not display specific >>>> drives; some users (including myself) have used this and then forgotten >>>> we did it. <blush> They should still show up in Device Manager, >>>> though. >>>> >>>> RC >>>> >>>> "Stan Kay" <stan.kay@ntlworld.com> wrote in message >>>> news:OmSG06f4EHA.3416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>>>> That was the first thing I did when Windows failed to show the floppy >>>>> and the DVD drive. Bios shows that both exist and both appear >>>>> correctly during POST. Moreover, if I insert a bootable floppy of a >>>>> bootable CD/DVD then both work during boot up! >>>>> >>>>> In essence, the problems is with Windows XP Pro SP2 not recognising >>>>> that the removable drives exist. The real interesting thing is that >>>>> both devices are present in Windows registry but Windows still does >>>>> not recognise them! >>>>> >>>>> "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:OI0fsme4EHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >>>>>> Check in the BIOS set up to see if the floppy drive is enabled. >>>>>> >>>>>> Also check to see if the IDE/SATA channel is enabled in the BIOS so >>>>>> that XP can find the DVD drive. >>>>>> >>>>>> "Stan Kay" <stan.kay@ntlworld.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:%230yB5Md4EHA.3092@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >>>>>>>I have just upgraded my Win XP Pro installation to SP2 and everything >>>>>>>worked fine after re-booting until I noticed that Explorer does not >>>>>>>show my floppy drive or DVD drive nor do these devices appear in >>>>>>>Device Manager. I have tried rebooting to see if the system >>>>>>>identifies them but this does not work. I have even done an iupgrade >>>>>>>re-instal of windows but that does not help either. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can anyone please offer some suggestions before I resort to clean >>>>>>> instal? >> > >
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