Acer 10x4x32 not recognized-internal-help!
I have a partitioned PC, C-drive is '98, D-drive is 2K. My Acer CD-RW is not recognized in either OS. I cannot get it to show up anywhere on my screen. The DVD player works fine. I need to get this working so I can burn a CD with data from the 2K drive. I need to transfer this info to my second PC, which is independent, not partitioned and running 2K also. I do not know about Bios, etc., so I am lost when suggestions are to change this registry, Bios, etc. Can someone please help me? Thanks a bunch!
CDRW problem - more info!
Hi,
Well, in trying to do what you suggested, I *discovered* a couple of things. Ironically, when I boot to drive C my Acker shows up - not ever accessible and *never* ready, but it at least shows up on the device manager. However, same PC, when I boot to drive D it is no where to be found. I also popped a music CD in and nothing - not accessible.
How I *discovered* this was I went to do what you said by pasting the report (which was too long - would not post. So, if you tell me what part/parts you need, I will past just those ones!) that it showed OS as '98. Since my data is on the D-drive (OS 2K), I thought - shoot - I need to run the report on my D-drive. Then it hit me - the CDRW is listed on report for C-drive but would not be listed on D-drive report, because it is as if it has been removed when I boot to D.
The DVD works just fine - doesn't matter which I boot to. The CDRW (when I boot to C-drive) lights up and shows "disk in" when I first put a disk in it, but then the light goes out.
Now - I did copy all of the files I want to get off the PC onto my C-drive - now if I could just get the thing to be *accessible*! I think - and I could be wrong - that there are 2 different problems here . . . C recognizes it, but it does not work and D doesn't even know it's there. Like I said, if I can get these few files off of either drive (they are on both now), that is all I want to accomplish.
Hope this makes sense - sorry to ramble. Oh, I also tried the c:\backup idea - then I got something about no longer valid (path? drive? - cannot remember).
Thanks a bunch!
Nicki
I think you may have solved this problem before?
Sorry I did not reply sooner - I did not know you had posted. Anyway, in my *travels* I saw on this link http://forums.windrivers.com/printthread.php?t=60211
where it appears that you solved the EXACT same problem! My motherboard is a Gigabyte also - not sure of the model, but weird - never before until last week had I gotten this particular screen when booting - doesn't matter if C (98) or D (2K). After I start I get a black screen with a picture of a dog and cat in the middle and a caption underneath that says, "GIGABYTE is hailing you!" At the bottom of the black screen it simply says "GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY".
Have you ever heard of such a thing???
Oh - I tried what you said in the above link - but, thank God I did save a back up (like you suggested) because I accidentally deleted the WHOLE Enum :rolleyes: subkey and oh, what a mess that was! I restored the backup registry and all is okay (whew!), but CDRW still has a red "X" through it on Device Manager.
After I got 98 straightened out, I *tried* to boot in safe mode (98) - could not get it to do it. I would like to try your suggestion the *right* way. Any thoughts?
Thanks a bunch!
Nicki
Safe mode idea did not work
Well, I got booted in safe mode and followed the instructions and not only did it not resolve the problem, but then I kept getting blue screens, etc. So (sigh) I rebooted in command prompt (learned this due to another problem - from another tech) and reverted back to the last *good* registry - a couple of days ago (still with CDRW problem).
I am just about ready to give up . . . :sad:
Game over - it must be dead . . .
98 did not work - crashed the system. As soon as I get my hands on the 2K disk I will try it - but I am not holding out much hope . . . At least the cdrw shows UP on the 98 boot - with a red "X" on device manager. Doesn't even show on the 2K boot.
Thanks for trying to help me . . . I suppose I could purchase an external cd burner to get my stuff off, right?
Nicki