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D:\ Is not accessible The device is not ready, retry/cancel?HELP!!!

My DVD/CD Rom drive has stopped reading discs. One minute it seems ok, but the next day i cant access any cd's ... The message that always comes up when i double click on the D drive in "My Computer " is : D:\ is not accessible The device is not ready, retry/cancel?

I have tried cleaning it with those lens cleaners, and checked the info in the device manager etc. but still im having no luck. Im running windows 98SE as i always have. I havent recently installed anything so why has this happened?? Im quite a novice and not all that clued up on pc's..

hillco

If it is showing up fine in device manager but not working you probably need to replace it. Everything dies, and some things die quicker than others.

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IPCER

I'd say its dying. But don't do anything drastic yet. Maybe be something else. If your PC iso ld chances are pretty high. Everything eventuially dies out. Otherwise if its still in warranty it may be defective. Just go to your manufacturer an demand a replacement.

jaimeb

Try connecting the unit to a different IDE cable if your system supports two IDE ports. At least you'd discard a bad connection.

DARRYL

Try booting to boot disk if it works or not that will tell you. www.bootdisk.com/

ernes

Check the BIOS. I think that your BIOS is not detecting your hd. Go to the CMOS setup from the BIOS menu and see if D drive was detected. If not, detect it yourself and restart the computer.
How to detect the drive yourself? Go to the second drive from above and either press enter or the '-' sign to detect your hd.
Good luck.

Krazykaz25

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Thanks, it didnt solve the problem but it did lead me to a decent package which i now use regularly.