cd-rom problems

w 98 I can not get my cds to open

The cd-rom drive seems fine,
the drive icon will identify the cd that has been put in it.
If I turn off auto start. Then I can look at the files on the cd. I can explore them, but
they will not open. If I d click an install or start folder the system will hang up
and I will have to reboot. Sometimes i get a error message that there is not enough
free space to start but I have 256k sdram and my 8GB h drive is half full.
It's like the install exc. command is missing. I tried a lot of basic things,
like clearing history defrag disc error scan changing the letter for the drive,
device mgr.

I'm lost now
Any ideas?

Thanx
Getdowndog

 

Hey GDD,
Question: Is this a new cd drive (as in just installed) or is one that was working previously?

 

Post more info of your pc would help
but any way.
must be older pc.
Had similar problem few weeks ago with friends pc he had old pc, restore disk win 98 / he wanted to upgrade to 98se
I did f -disk and fresh install full version 98se
when first boot after install same problem with cd as yours and also recognized two floppies drives only he had one.
I installed Adia32 to identify all hardware/web links etc.
Downloaded lastest drivers for all hardware and updated bios.
Went to add and remove hardware removed cd and floppie
rebooted pc, cd and floppie recognized and all was fine.

 

ASUS & BillH

Thanks for the reply

I have HP pavillion 4540 intel celeron, 433 mhz, 8gb hd, 256 sdram

This failure happened with the original equip, I happened to come across a new
buslink 52xcd- RW so I put that in and the same problem persists.

Even cds that I have installed years ago will not open any more
Its like set up or install just fails after everything from the cd is loaded.

Thanks

 

getdowndog,

Can you copy files from a CD in the drive? If so, see if the Win9x driver folder on the Buslink driver CD is small enough to fit on a floppy. If it is copy it to a blank floppy.

Then find the CD drive in Device Manager and uninstall it, then reboot and let 98 detect it and prompt you to reinstall the Buslink driver (from the floppy). Try running a CD again and post back and let us know if that worked or not.

 

Thanks
Problem solved
I dont know why, but I put my hp recovery disc in and did a hard reboot. for whatever
reason this cd opened and did its job
I saved all my files except parts of outlook 6. so I reinstalled it from the microsoft site
and it is working as is my cd-rom drive.
I have intalled my Nero burner cd and burned my 1st photo rom

Thankz