You might also try the sync data option.  This worked for me with a cannon
disk that would not load any other way.
Mike Buraczewski
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Gibson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, December 06, 1998 12:31 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Help with CD ROM that won't start


>Hi Michael--
>
>A shot in the dark. Your problem exhibits *some* of the symptoms I had
>with a customer's CD ROM drive (hers was sluggish and took forever to be
>read from). To try the fix, go to Control Panel>System>Device Manager,
>choose the Settings tab under Properties for the specific drive listed.
>If "DMA" is checked in the Options area, clear the check box. You may
>have to reboot to enjoy any benefit from this tip. This made all the
>difference in the world for my problem.
>
>HTH
>Dave Gibson
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>
>> Date:    Sat, 5 Dec 1998 21:06:25 -0500
>> From:    "Michael A. Wosnick" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Help with CD ROM that won't start
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am having a baffling problem with my CD Drive. It plays audio CDs just
>> fine, and some of my data CDs autostart just fine. But I have had
>> intermittent problems with some of the data CDs that do not start, and do
>> not allow me to start them manually (i.e. when I try to access the drive
>> with a CD in it, I get an error message saying that the drive is not
>> accessible).
>>
>> Now I have purchased a new program on CD and every time I try to install
it,
>> the CD drive light goes on, the HDD light goes on, and that is the end of
>> it. I get hung every time. The only escape is a hard reset. I have tried
>> over and over, but to no avail.
>>
>> I know the CD is not defective, since I can get it to autostart just fine
in
>> another computer. So, there must be something wrong with my drive. But
since
>> some CDs work, and all audio CDs work, it can't be a universal fatal
>> problem.
>
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