Ok well today for some odd reason when I tried to install quicken on my computer, it did not autorun like it usually does, I say to myself that is strange and when i go to my computer and try to open the D: drive it tells me "D: is not functioning correctly", than I say why the hell not everything is in order and I just used it yesterday then i go and try out my E: drive AND IT SAYS THE SAME THING! Why, WHy is this happening I know that both drives should be working perfectly they are not burned out! Please someone help me with this predicament!

Go to Device Manager to see if there are any conflicts (yellow ! next to any device).

check the ribbon cable comming from your secondary IDE port to your drives.

I've had that happen to me before.

The lens *might* be dirty. It's worth cleaning it with a lens cleaning kit.

Also, try opening My Computer THEN insert the CD. That worked for me for some reason. It's also worth updating your drivers.

I've had that happen to me before.

The lens *might* be dirty. It's worth cleaning it with a lens cleaning kit.

Also, try opening My Computer THEN insert the CD. That worked for me for some reason. It's also worth updating your drivers.

Go here:http://cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_utils_5.shtml
DL the ASPI Check/Update, maybe your ASPIs are corrupt, or missing. Run the ASPI Check, that will tell you if all is well, or not.

Just because something worked yesterday doesn't mean it won't malfunction today. It's not like you're suppose to get a warning before things break.

Try the things suggested by the other's, check the cables, clean the lens, and update the drivers. (although updating the APSI drivers usually has little affect on the ability of a IDE CD-ROM to read, Win98 can in fact access and read an IDE CD-ROM without an ASPI layer installed. Writing\recording is when the APSI layer usually matters.).

Since both drives went out at the same time it's a high probablity that either the cable is loose or defective or your IDE port has gone out.

Also try the CD in another system.. to see if its the CD it self.. sounds wired but u never know..



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