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D:\ is not accessible

Started by Mehdi , Aug 17 2006 07:42 PM

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Mehdi

Posted 17 August 2006 - 07:42 PM

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I was trying to copy images to my cd today and this D:\ is not accessible came up...i dont understand why because i had burned a cd just a day before? can someone please help me

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wannabe1

Posted 17 August 2006 - 07:58 PM

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Hi Mehdi...

Take a look in Device Manager. Is there a yellow ! or ? displayed next to the cd drive?

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Mehdi

Posted 17 August 2006 - 08:00 PM

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no there is not

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wannabe1

Posted 17 August 2006 - 08:04 PM

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Ok...

Let's uninstall the device and let Windows reinstall it. From Device Manager, right click on the cd drive and choose "Uninstall". Accept the change and reboot. Windows should detect the drive as new hardware and install the drivers for it automatically.

Let me know how it goes.

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Mehdi

Posted 17 August 2006 - 08:19 PM

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No it still doesnt work....can i do something else?

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wannabe1

Posted 17 August 2006 - 08:25 PM

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Let's take a look at the upper and lower filters for the cd-rom problem. Click Start then Run and type regedit...click "Ok"

In the left pane, expand (click +) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then SYSTEM, then CurrentControlSet, then Control, then Class, and click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} In the right pane, are UpperFilters and/or LowerFilters listed?

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Mehdi

Posted 17 August 2006 - 08:31 PM

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only lower filters is listed

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wannabe1

Posted 17 August 2006 - 08:35 PM

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Right click on LowerFilters and choose "Delete". Accept the change and reboot. Try the cd-drive.

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Mehdi

Posted 17 August 2006 - 08:45 PM

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it still says D:\ Not accessible

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Mehdi

Posted 18 August 2006 - 11:17 AM

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Whta should i do now??

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wannabe1

Posted 18 August 2006 - 01:41 PM

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It's starting to sound like the drive has gone bad...it happens.

You might try the manufacturer's website and see if they have a firmware update available for your drive. At least, that would be the logical next step.