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New WinXP user problems

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Norseman, 2003/05/08.

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  1. 2003/05/08
    Norseman

    Norseman Inactive Thread Starter

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    I recently built a new pc... first time I've done this myself, and I have yet to figure out how to go about configuring the whole thing for optimum performance. Problem is, I also switched to XP at the same time and I know very little about XP. Now I'm having quite a few problems and I don't which are hardware related and which are just XP needing more tweakin'. I guess I can start with the most annoying (and stupid) problem I currently have...

    When I put a CD in the CD-ROM drive (like a game) and attempt to run it, all I get is a small image of a CD spinning for a short span of time and then it disappears... nothing opens or runs. It may be my CD-ROM drive, but I have a feeling it's some setting I currently have in WinXP... what am I missing here? Any help would be much appreciated.

    Thanks in advance!
     
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    PeteC

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    Hi Norseman,

    Two things to check : -

    1. Is Autoplay enabled on the drive? Dble click My Computer Icon > right click on CD-Rom drive > Properties > Autoplay tab.

    2. Right click on My Computer icon > Properties > Hardware > Device Manager and see if there are problems with the drive.

    Good luck!
     
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  4. 2003/05/21
    Norseman

    Norseman Inactive Thread Starter

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    Follow up

    Sorry, I forgot to reply to this and let you know if it worked... nope, checked those two and even tried messing with the settings... unfortunately, still won't play. Thanks though.

    Anyone have any other ideas?
     
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    PeteC

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    Norseman,

    Another thought - I don't know what hardware you have connected to the secondary EIDE channel, but if only the CD-ROM is it set as Master? Or if 2 devices is one set at Master and the other as Slave ? Check the ribbon cable and power connections to the CD-ROM.

    The cursor changing to a spinning CD suggests that XP is seeing the drive, but can't read from it. Presumably Windows Explorer does not 'see' a CD in the drive.

    One thing I always do with hardware which 'won't play the game' is to remove it in Device Manager and do a cold boot and let Windows find it again. Worth a try if you haven't tried already.

    I don't think this is an XP problem specifically. Do you have the option to substitute the drive for another - borrow from a friend ?

    XP has many drivers and it is usually not necessary to load a specific driver for a CD-ROM drive, but worth checking if one came 'in the box'. But if Device Manager indicates no problems then another driver is unlikely to be required.
     
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    Norseman

    Norseman Inactive Thread Starter

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    OK, thanks again guys.. looks like I'm hot on the trail of fixing this ... it's not actually a Windows problem. I just checked it out on the Papy forum (the sim I'm trying out is Nascar 2003 by Papyrus). I guess the problem has to do with the fact that I'm trying to run this off a CD burner. Evidently, there is something in the readme.txt file that says many people will have this problem when trying to run it off a burner.


    If anyone's interested, I found the (possible) solution right here.
     
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