cdrom or usb or floppy drive not formatted

My XP machine cannot read any floppy cdrom or usb drive - get the message that the device is not formatted. If I boot to safe mode then the devices can be read normally. PC had some viruses which have been cleaned. Could they have removed access to these devices. How do I get read access enabled again?

Thanks
Pierrie

 

Further info
If I boot to safe mode then I can read media in all the devices so that implies the h/w is all ok
I have browsed thru the security settings of the PC but cannot find any relevant setting locking out the current user. Have also created a new Administrator user but the symptoms are the same.
If a cd is already in the drive when Windows boots I seem to be able to read it until I eject and then re-insert it. If I look at properties for the floppy or usb drive its says file system=RAW and not FAT.

 

Hello pierrie,

Are these blank or something on them? If not blank, did you write data to them at one time?

If blank, or try it with a blank, what happens when you try to format the USB and floppy: My Computer > click on device > Format.

Regards - Charles

 

pierrie--I think charlesvar has you on the right track, but this thread may be of interest
http://forums.wugnet.com/File-System-Floppy-showing-RAW-read-ftopict231505.html

 

The usb and floppy all have valid data on them - I can read them on the same PC if I boot to Safemode. It is as if XP has its driver corrupted when doing a normal boot. If I attempt to format a floppy it almost completes before giving "format failed "
As a stated in prev post - I can even read a cd that was in the drive before XP boots up - but if I then eject and re- insert the cd it cannot be read

The other thread could possibly describe my symptoms - but unforntunately no one seems to have come up with a suitable solution

 

I have tried uninstalling the floppy drive - on next boot up it is detected again - but the problem remains

 

Same problem.....can't get rid of it

Hey, same problem for me......even the removal of upper and lower filter in registry doesn't work.....

Help needed

 

sfc /scannow

OK, I did, but where's located the event viewer

 

sfc results

Hi Gambini

I had previously run sfc /scannow with XP SP2 cd but it made no difference

 

Windows file protection analysis came out ok

Hi,

I know It's in french but the analysis completed correctly...

As far has I can remember I think the problem first came after I installed
an old monopoly came wich needed an older version of quicktime.....

But it might be also after using a program such as registry mechanic....





Thanks anyway, and if you have other I'll try them

Type de l'événement : Informations
Source de l'événement : Windows File Protection
Catégorie de l'événement : Aucun
ID de l'événement : 64017
Date : 2005-06-01
Heure : 17:48:08
Utilisateur : N/A
Ordinateur : TTX-RQAFBBHGP8M
Description :
L'analyse des fichiers de la protection des fichiers Windows s'est terminée correctement.

Pour plus d'informations, consultez le centre Aide et support à l'adresse http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

 

Can't find anything that look like my problem on there

Sorry,

but there is nothing under the link that can help me.....I'm still looking for the magic cure....

 

The Cure

Hi a person who had the same problem as me found the problem, a third-party Zip/CD Burning software caused the issue.

But to get there we did a parallel installation:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316941#XSLTH3153121122120121120120


On this installation everything work fine, but I guess there was no need to do this since as we uninstall every Zip/CD Burning and restart, it comes back to normal......

thanks