CD ROM cant be found in explorer

[ummyeah]

Hey guys and gals,

I gotta workstation that suddenly hasn't a cdrom in explorer. I started
with the usual, even replaced drive and cables before I found it to be error
code 32 (nice)

so, all the stuff i turn up on error 32 is related to uninstalling burning
software. I was hoping someone here would be able to help me out.


Thanks,

Mo

 

[wolluf]

have you got any burning software? (I know it can play havoc - specially if you've installed more than one).

repair reinstall might be best way forward (preferably with SP4 slipstreamed install CD)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292175&Product=win2000

(I'm assuming from post that CDROM hardware is ok).

 

[ummyeah]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel...

i actually found out what it was, and resolved it.


My good friend the registry.



I changed the service start type.

under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services

Each Driver and its service is listed.

I changed the startup type DWORD to 2

for automatic startup

0x0 Boot
0x1 System
0x2 Automatic
0x3 Manual
0x4 Disabled

To be safe, i changed the same value in the other control sets as well. I had controlset001 and controlset002

they can be "moved" into the current control set on boot. or something like that heh.

hope this helps someone out there.


thanks for you reply

 

[jimp56]

this problem can also occur with invalid entries in the "upperfilters" or "lowerfilters" area of the registry. If you search for each term, and notice garbage characters as a value for either or both, delete the invalid entry, and the drive should reappear.