Markham
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CD rom Disabled
We have a Win2000 machine and suddendly the CD rom is disabled. The message beside it in the Device manager is: Your registry might be corrupted code 19. I have tried the hardware troubleshooter, but am unsuccesful in getting it back.
Otherwise, the computer performs perfectly.
I have tried removing the CD rom in the Device manager, and it successfully sees it, installs the drivers, but comes up with the same error. Yes, I am trying all this while logged in as the Administrator.
Any help would be appreciated.
Otherwise, the computer performs perfectly.
I have tried removing the CD rom in the Device manager, and it successfully sees it, installs the drivers, but comes up with the same error. Yes, I am trying all this while logged in as the Administrator.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Housenet
-Is this a burner ?
Markham, give this a try.
1. Open device manager and remove the CD Rom drive. If it is a CD-R or CD-RW, uninstall its software completely.
2. Shut the system down and then disconnect the drive from the motherboard.
3. Now restart the system and check to see if the error continues. Make certain that you check the event logs.
4. If the error is gone, and it appears that the registry is fine, reinstall just the drive and no other software. Does the drive function? Does the error return?
Have you checked to see of the drive is on the Win2k hardware compatibility list?
Is the software (if there is any) Windows 2000 compatible?
Dennis
1. Open device manager and remove the CD Rom drive. If it is a CD-R or CD-RW, uninstall its software completely.
2. Shut the system down and then disconnect the drive from the motherboard.
3. Now restart the system and check to see if the error continues. Make certain that you check the event logs.
4. If the error is gone, and it appears that the registry is fine, reinstall just the drive and no other software. Does the drive function? Does the error return?
Have you checked to see of the drive is on the Win2k hardware compatibility list?
Is the software (if there is any) Windows 2000 compatible?
Dennis
Is this a SCSI ?
ASKER
No it is not a CD-RW. No it is not SCSI.
I am unable to run the sfc /scannow as it requires access to the CDRom.
I tried disconnecting the drive from the IDE cable. Same results.
I tried all the registry cleaners, and no success.
I will be trying Install with repair, but am not sure what effect this will have on the existing sofware or network settings.
Any info would be appreciated.
I am unable to run the sfc /scannow as it requires access to the CDRom.
I tried disconnecting the drive from the IDE cable. Same results.
I tried all the registry cleaners, and no success.
I will be trying Install with repair, but am not sure what effect this will have on the existing sofware or network settings.
Any info would be appreciated.
In any case, make sure you have a current backup, and also create and ERD floppy from the backup program !
Beyond that, you have quite a bit of leeway in choosing how much/little to repair.
I would look for a good article on the MS site.....
I hope this helps !
Beyond that, you have quite a bit of leeway in choosing how much/little to repair.
I would look for a good article on the MS site.....
I hope this helps !
Well, without a CD Rom drive you won't be able to repair anything. If you boot to a DOS or Win98 boot disk with CD support, can you access the CD Drive?
dew_associates :
Won't booting to the win2k CD work ?
The BIOS CD Boot option should be OK, If not, then there is a hardware problem !
Why should a DOS driver be needed ?
Won't booting to the win2k CD work ?
The BIOS CD Boot option should be OK, If not, then there is a hardware problem !
Why should a DOS driver be needed ?
Sys, that's why I asked the question, "can you access the CD drive?"
ASKER
To answer the million dollar question:
Yes we can access the Win2000 CD in the Boot option mode.
There is not a hardware issue. I should have stated this originally so there would be no confusion.
Thanks for all the assistance. I will be doing the repair install tomorrow, and will get back to this forum with the results.
All else failing, Format and clean install.
Yes we can access the Win2000 CD in the Boot option mode.
There is not a hardware issue. I should have stated this originally so there would be no confusion.
Thanks for all the assistance. I will be doing the repair install tomorrow, and will get back to this forum with the results.
All else failing, Format and clean install.