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Ahh... I wouldn't load DirectCD on anything but perhaps the machine
belonging to my worst enemy--right now, I don't have any of those (enemies.)
Thanks for reporting back.
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
"Bob W" <BobW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2B1A5BC6-656E-497B-959F-67F55F620822@microsoft.com...
> The following fixed my problem.
>
>
http://www.techadvice.com/w98/errors/1/er_00049.html
> I had an external CD writer that would not work and I loaded Direct CD.
> Must
> have caused the problem with the internal CD drive.
> Thanks for the help!
>
>
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> The CD drive may be bad. Try booting to a standard Windows Startup floppy
>> boot disk. Choose CDROM Support option. When the startup has finished,
>> take
>> note of the new drive letter for the CD drive (it probably won't be the
>> same
>> as in Windows.) I'll assume it's E:\, but you may need to change that for
>> the following commands:
>>
>> e:
>> dir
>>
>> If you encounter errors, you can pretty much figure it's a bad drive. If
>> it
>> works OK (and you might try a copy operation from the CD to the HDD) then
>> try the following.
>>
>> You may simply need to reinstall it. Since there may be garbage entries
>> in
>> Device Manager that are only visible in Safe Mode, and since it's better
>> to
>> rebuild the entire IDE tree, do this.
>>
>> Restart in Safe Mode. If you don't know how to do this, ask. Go into
>> Device
>> Manger and remove ALL drives, ALL drive controllers (except FIFOs, which
>> can't be removed), and then remove the PCI Bus device in the System
>> section.
>> Restart and let Windows reinstall. Will require at least one reboot.
>>
>> But, before restarting, while you're in Safe Mode Device Manager, review
>> the
>> entire list for duplicated entries. A few are normal, but others are just
>> garbage and may be causing the problem, even if the duplicated items
>> aren't
>> part of the IDE chain. Just write down the duplicated items and how many
>> times they appear. Report back here for comment. Also, look for items
>> that
>> you know used to be installed but are no longer part of the system.
>> Remove
>> them.
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>>
>> "Bob W" <BobW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:97B5DB07-2C25-4C40-869F-8F822005B7E5@microsoft.com...
>> >I am getting the following message when I try to access any CD in the CD
>> >ROM
>> > drive of my Compaq running 98SE.
>> > Exception OE at 0028:5909E0C1 in VxD. ---.
>> > Called from 0028: C182B5F8 in VxDscsi1hlp (03)+ 00000508
>> > The CD drive is present in Device manager and it says it is working
>> > properly.
>> > I tried to run a diagnostic by using the boot disc and then starting
>> > win
>> > but
>> > it can't find the CD drive. I have put two different CD drives in the
>> > machine and each produce the same OE error. Once the error comes up
>> > the
>> > machine must turned off to reboot.
>> > Any help would be appreciated. This one is Killing ME!!
>>
>>
>>
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