[Ham-Computers] RE: CD-ROM question

[Brian K. Gaskamp]

Aaron and others on the list here.

The CD icon is not showing up under "My computer"

I had never seen this before, but the other day I saw the same thing twice 
on 2 different computers.

Boy sometimes when someone asked you to help them with computer probs its 
like opening up a can of worms!


Sure is nice when everything goes smooth...LOL

Thanks,
Brian
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)" <aaron.hsu at nbcuni.com>
To: "I>Ham-Computers" <Ham-Computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:11 PM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] RE: CD-ROM question


In Windows, if you see an icon for the CD/DVD drive in "My Computer", then 
the drive itself is recognized and the driver for the drive is properly 
installed.

What kind of disc is it - a commercial "pressed" CD or a CD-R?  Music or 
data?  If it's a CD-R, then you could be seeing a drive/media compatibility 
problem - not uncommon and something I've covered in the past.  Does the 
problem only occur with this one disc?  Do other discs seem to take longer 
to be recognized than in the past?  If so, it's possibly a dirty optical 
pick-up in the drive and you need to try a CD/DVD-ROM drive cleaning kit 
(much like the old floppy drive cleaning kits).

If it's a commercial Music CD, then you might be seeing a copy protection 
mechanism in action.  If your system is set to "autoplay" CD's when 
inserted, then when you inserted the CD, it ran the autoplay program (much 
like the old AUTOEXEC.BAT in DOS) and installed a program that prevents you 
from playing or "seeing" the contents of the CD.  This is what got Sony into 
such big trouble a few years ago with their anti-theft "rootkit" installer 
on certain music CD's.

Anyways, to recap...these are my questions to you:

* If no CD is inserted, is there an icon for the drive in "My Computer"?
* What type of CD - "pressed" or "CD-R"?  Music or Data?
* Problem only with this disc?
* Is the system taking longer to recognize *any* disc?


73,

  - Aaron, NN6O


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:35 PM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] CD-ROM question

Ok everybody here's a good question I think.

I had never seen this before till today.

Say for example you have a cd-rom on you're desktop, and you put a cd in it, 
light comes on that cd works, BUT you go to "My Computer" and it doesn't 
show up there.

Driver's not loaded??

Thanks,
Brian

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