My Computer Doesn't Boot When A Cd Is In D:\.
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Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">D:\ being the main drive</div> I use windows XP, service pack 2(which removed the tag telling me that it was the Home version btw). Whenever I start the computer, and a CD, any CD, is drive D, it hangs up immediately after the win xp loading screen appears - it's still dark, from the fading in sequence.
I only have 1 HD drive, but two DVD drives. The second one is a burner, but when I checked the tech info it didn't say anything about it... not part of this problem though.
I only have 1 HD drive, but two DVD drives. The second one is a burner, but when I checked the tech info it didn't say anything about it... not part of this problem though.
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Before
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C:\ OS
D:\ CD-rom
After
C:\OS
D:\ New disc
E:\ CD-rom
...which would cause all your CD-dependant games to stop working. (Fixed by some hours in regedit, but still.)
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Returning to the actual problem:
By the "XP loading screen", do you mean the boot screen with the coloured-bar animation?
If so, skip my step (1) below.
If you mean the "Windows is starting up", continue.
Step (1)
Remove the disc from the drive and boot to windows. Run msconfig and do a complete blank startup. (Selective startup, then uncheck everything but "Services".)
Then go to "Services" tab, tick "hide MS services" and uncheck anything that's left. Everything that's left.
Now bootup.
Same problem? (My hypothesis was that some MP3 program/music driver was doing some fancy meddling with the drive on startup. If it still does not boot, this is not the case.)
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Step (2)
There's a high possiblity that you've changed the drive. If you installed a drive, went through the XP wizard, then changed the drive, you would get these symptoms. If this is the case, remove the drive's drivers in Device Manager, then reboot.
Queries:
Did this happen BEFORE you installed SP2 too?
How are the IDE DVD drives connected? Both on IDE2? Or one on IDE1 with the h/d?
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Yes, I meant the coloured bar-animation thing.
How exactly do you mean "changed the drive"? But sure, I'll try uninstalling any drivers for it...
I'm afraid I have no clue more than I stated already and the name of the drive(LG CD-ROM CRD-8482B), and the drivers(Microsoft, version 5.1.2535.0), and drive type(DVD-/CD-ROM units), slot 0.
EDIT: Yes, this happened before I installed SP2. I don't even know what IDE is <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
IDE is a standard interface for hard drives and cd rom drives. It is bad design to connect anything but hard drives to IDE1. It causes a slow down of hard disc access. Could be related to your problem, but unlikely.
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Theres nothing unusual about my drive letters except that I have one more cd/dvd/whatever drive than is the default, and that one is appropriately called E, so there's no problem with that.
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Yes there is, I explained. But hey, it's not what's causing your current problem anyway, so ignore it.
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If it happened before SP2 it's not an SP2 problem. (Duh. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
If it freezes before windows loads then it can't be a driver problem (Still, did you try that msconfig solution?)
hmm :S
Only Bios is left. But that seems unlikely. For sake of something to do, try disabling CD-rom boot in BIOS. Worth a try, although it's a long shot.
to change ur drive letters, you can use something like partition magic.
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For sake of something to do, try disabling CD-rom boot in BIOS. Worth a try, although it's a long shot.
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:S
You can change your drive letters in XP via Disc Management in Adminstrative tools. :\
However, doing so will screw up referrences to the disc drive.
Ie
Game X knows it was installed from drive D:\
You install a new hard disc/make a new partition
Hard drive/partition is assigned D:\
Old CD-rom "D:\" becomes "E:\"
Game X can't find cd-rom
Anyone who says "Ah, but you could have "C:\ OS", "D:\ Cdrom" and "E:\ Hard disc2" and it would work" needs to find a nice book entitled <i>Logic and Reasoning for Beginners</i>.