I am trying to re format my hard drive as I am having a few problems & wish to start a fresh. Supplied with my PC was a recovery floppy & a reload CD together with the following instructions;

· Insert the orange recovery disk to the floppy drive and the reload/backup CD in the CDROM drive, then restart the computer
· Select Option 6 from the menu using the cursor keys and press <ENTER>
· You will be asked if you wish to exit to DOS to back up your files. Answer NO to this question
· You will be asked if you are sure. Answer YES to this question
· The procedure will now start. Do not power off the computer. Leave until finished, approximately 20 minutes
· When prompted, press a key to restart and remove the disks
I have selected Option 6 BUT then get the following message

CDR101 not ready reading drive x
Retry/abort/fail?
A:\

The problem I think is that my DVD (d drive) does not read any discs so I use my Cd rewriter (e drive) for everything so I think maybe the PC is trying to read my DVD drive. How then (if this the prob) do I point in the direction of drive e

Cheers

Saint

Sounds very much like thats the problem, and the only way your going to get the other drive is to swap them over, i.e. make the master the CD-RW and if the DVD drive isn't reading anything, then just take it out.