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Re: CD trouble

• Posted by "Cuny, David" <David.Cuny at DSS.CA.GOV> Mar 25, 1999
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Luis wrote:

> I have some [problems] troubleshooting my cd reader
> and Windoz 95. Until yesterday,the cd worked fine
> but suddenly, each time I try to access the drive
> the system warns me about an error on my drive and
> says that it's impossible to access it because it's
> not ready.

A while back, I installed a CD player that lived in the menubar, and I was
unable to access the drive through the desktop icon, it gave me a "drive in
use" type of error.  I could run the CDs fine from the player, but couldn't
look at the CD using any other programs (in File Open, etc). There were no
device conflicts, and the device showed it was working OK. I finally removed
the player, and everything was back to normal.

So the problem could easily be caused by another program grabbing the CD
(like your anti-virus stupidly trying to scan it for viruses) and not
letting go.

-- David Cuny