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Old 08-08-2001, 06:56 PM
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D:\ is not accessible, the device is not ready...HELP!
not too sure weather this is the correct forum, but i wonder if anyone can help?

Everytime i try and load a game, a sign appears saying D:\ not accessible, the device is not ready. What does this mean and more importantly, Can anyone help me to fix this?

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Old 08-08-2001, 07:01 PM
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"D:/" usually refers to your CD-ROM drive. You can get this message if the CD-ROM is not properly installed.

Can you use other CD's in the computer?
What OS is it? (ie/ Win95 or 98 or Mac ?)
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Oh I think I know what it is.

You're trying to play the game without the CD - when loading.. the game looks to the CDrom to check for the game CD. Its intended to stop people borrowing a friend's CD to install it and give it back.
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I am using Windows 98, i am also playing with the CD, it's not just championship manager that won't run, nothing on the whole D:\ will not run.

I am suffering withdrawl symptoms from championship manager

Someone please help!!!
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I'm not an expert on these things like others. But I can try.. It could be a driver problem - you may need to have your Win98 CD handy.

Try going to Start - Control Panel- click on System and then Device Manager and let us know what you see under CDROM..

What is the history? Did the computer come with it pre installed? Has it been working fine and suddenly packed up? Have you very recently installed any new software or hardware or upgrades? What type of CDROM is it?

I probably wont be able to help you much further (sorry) but other techies will probably need to know the answers to those..
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It sounds like either your BIOS has lost your CD settings - or the cable inside the PC has come loose.
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Try and reinstall the CD ROM or maybe something came lose inside your tower??.....
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I'm not an expert on these things like others. But I can try.. It could be a driver problem - you may need to have your Win98 CD handy.

Try going to Start - Control Panel- click on System and then Device Manager and let us know what you see under CDROM..

What is the history? Did the computer come with it pre installed? Has it been working fine and suddenly packed up? Have you very recently installed any new software or hardware or upgrades? What type of CDROM is it?

I probably wont be able to help you much further (sorry) but other techies will probably need to know the answers to those..

Under CD ROM is BCD E520C once i click on that, it says the Device IS working properly.

It was working well, then one day it just stopped working, came up with the error message, i've tried to fiddle about with it, but nothing happens.
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It sounds like either your BIOS has lost your CD settings - or the cable inside the PC has come loose.

What can i do to fix it?
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Try and reinstall the CD ROM or maybe something came lose inside your tower??.....

Will that lose all of the Data on it?

How can that be done easily(minimum fuss?) i'm not exactly gifted with computers!
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You wont lose any data - none is stored on the CD player but on the disc itself. I cant help any more other than saying it probably needs to be reinstalled. Time to call in a favor or buy some techie friend a pint..
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Go to start/settings/control panel - click on the system icon.

Is the CD drive listed without an exclamation mark next to it ? - if you click on properties does it say "this device is working ok" ?

Does it read other CDROM disks if you put them in the drive ???
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Arussell, the Cd Rom controllers have an exclamation mark next to it, along with " Mitsumi CD ROM controller with double speed drive"

When i click on the CDRom it says "the device is working properly"

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Does it read other CDROM disks if you put them in the drive ???

The CD ROM looks as if it recognises something, but it always comes up with D:\ not accessible, device is not ready. this applies to anything i put into the CDROM
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it might be because the cdrom drive is buggered (technical I know), this happened to me twice...some (newer) cdrom drives seem to have a problem with reading certain disks.

might be worth getting a new one, you can get then for about £30 these days I believe.
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Any more ideas people?

1.Does it make a ckicking sound when u put in a cd?
2. Does the light on the cd flicker?
3. Can u play music cd's?
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TopKnot, i'm not sure weather it's actually the CDROM drive and not the settings, however if i have to get it repaired by a qualified computer expert(or whatever!) it'll probably turn out cheaper to buy a new one.

Andover, i answer to your 3 questions

1: not a clicking noise but a noise implying it might be loading
2:the light does flicker
3:can't play any CD's at all, however it will still open and eject, even if i do it from the computer(and not manually)
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do u have a cd cleaner it's a cd with little brushes on it- if u do try that first
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I don't have a CD cleaner mate i'll have to pick one up.

Anyother ideas though Andover?
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