Make a Windows Emergency Boot Disk, then restart the system using this disc
and select "Start computer with CD-ROM support", If you can read CDs then,
you have a problem with your installation of Windows. My first course of
action would be to retrieve the file CDFS.VXD from the Windows CD (from the
command line having used the boot disc) and copy it into your Windows
directory IO subsystem area (probably C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS). This is
the file that handles reading of CDs, and it sounds like this has become
corrupted.
Magic
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----- Original Message -----
From: PrinceGaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 9:24 PM
Subject: MD: Help my CD-RW drive thinks all CDs are audio discs
>
> Hi guys, if any of you can help me I'd be eternally grateful!
>
> My CD-RW drive has decided every CD I insert is an audio CD. This is fine
> if it is an audio CD, file manager lists eg. "track01.cda" to
"track12.cda" for
> a 12 music track cd and it plays fine. But when I insert a data cd,
whether
> its an original silver disc, a cd-r I burnt or a cd-r from someone else it
says
> it has "track01.cda" and nothing else. It can't play it cos no audio
tracks are
> actually on the disc.
>
> I've been on to Creative Labs tech support and after flashing the CD-RW
> drive bios, the motherboard bios and replacing more drivers with the
latest
> versions on the net they decided to replace it. I got the replacement on
> sunday and it's no better. Ive since deleted things like RealPlayer
WinAmp
> etc in case they were interfering, jiggled the IDE cable, updated the new
> drives' flash bios and its still pants.
>
> So has ne1 any ideas? Might I have downloaded a virus sometime (please
> no)! I dunno what to tell tech support now, and I *Really* do not want to
have
> to reinstall Windows, IE4 then 5, and about 2gb of other stuff. If anyone
thinks
> it could be a virus and theres something I could download, pls give me the
> url. I don't need the drive desparetly but would like to burn a disc for
a
> friend I'm visiting end of march. I did install AOL 5.0 trial recently
but surely
> they couldn't have sent an infected CD out!!!
>
> Thanks in advance,
> PrinceGaz -- "if it harms none, do what you will"
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