Most probable cause is a failed drive. However, less likely but worth
checking are:

1. Drive connectors
    a. Re-seat them
    b. Change the ribbon cable
2. Which Soyo mobo? Some Soyo mobos have a known problem with losing the
CD-ROM drive. Go to the Soyo web site and look around for a fix. However,
since W9x finds it after removing it, I do not suspect this is the problem.

Why are you loading DOS drivers for the CD-ROM in the autoexec file? I would
REM out the line in the autoexec file and try again or use the F8 key on
boot up when it says STARTING WINDOWS and select step by step and answer No
to that line. Also if your config.sys file loads a DOS driver for the drive,
do the same for it.

Daniel Wysocki
Twin*.*Star Computers
770-498-2582 / 800-816-0663
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-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 6:51 PM
Subject: CD Drive


>All of a sudden, my 40x Memorex CD Drive won't work.  When I put a CD in,
>the light goes on and flashes for a long time.  When I click on it in My
>Computer, during or after it's done flashing I get an error message:"E:\
>is not accessible. The device is not ready."
>
>So I rebooted, but no luck. Then I removed the drive in devices and
>rebooted. It was found but still didn't work. I reloaded the driver from
>the disk, but still didn't work. I went on Memorex's web site and
>downloaded the driver, still didn't work.
>
>While booting up I saw this message:
>C:\>C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX/D:MSCD001/V
>DEVICE DRIVER NOT FOUND MSCD001
>NO VALID CDROM DEVICE DRIVERS SELECTED
>
>My CD Drive is drive E.
>
>

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