CD Drive Error

Windows XP Hardware >> CD Drive Error If I insert a CD into the drive and it has AutoPlay it
opens and plays. But if I need to open the CD that is in
the drive manually to see what files it contains, I get
the error message that the drive in not accessible. When I
looked in the Properties on the Shortcut I see that the
Target location is F:\ and the Target is F:\, but when I
click on OK I get the message that F:\ is not a valid
string. When I click on Find Target I get a message that
the closest thing is a string that leads to a game I once
played. My E drive(DVD)and A drive work normally (the F
drive used to), and I'd like to fix this, but I don't even
know where to start. Can anyone help??? I hope my
explanation of this problem isn't too confusing.

Windows XP575

Windows XP Hardware >> CD Drive Error You should be able to access the drive via My Computer.

When did the problem start? Did you install new software around that
time?

I had a similar problem introduced after installing and running
software tools downloaded from Sysinternals and Commander Pro UPS
software.

My Destop and Send To shortcuts to CDRW and DVD did the same thing as
yours, even if I made new shortcuts, the same problem occurred. The
only way to access the CDRW was via My Computer.

The problem disappeared when I did a system restore to before the
installation of the above software. I don't know which bit of
software caused the problem, or whether something else caused it.

John Allen

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:25:58 -0800, "EMail@HideDomain.com"
<EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote:

>
>If I insert a CD into the drive and it has AutoPlay it
>opens and plays. But if I need to open the CD that is in
>the drive manually to see what files it contains, I get
>the error message that the drive in not accessible. When I
>looked in the Properties on the Shortcut I see that the
>Target location is F:\ and the Target is F:\, but when I
>click on OK I get the message that F:\ is not a valid
>string. When I click on Find Target I get a message that
>the closest thing is a string that leads to a game I once
>played. My E drive(DVD)and A drive work normally (the F
>drive used to), and I'd like to fix this, but I don't even
>know where to start. Can anyone help??? I hope my
>explanation of this problem isn't too confusing.

Windows XP Hardware >> CD Drive Error EMail@HideDomain.com said:

> If I insert a CD into the drive and it has AutoPlay it
> opens and plays. But if I need to open the CD that is in
> the drive manually to see what files it contains, I get
> the error message that the drive in not accessible. When I
> looked in the Properties on the Shortcut I see that the
> Target location is F:\ and the Target is F:\, but when I
> click on OK I get the message that F:\ is not a valid
> string. When I click on Find Target I get a message that
> the closest thing is a string that leads to a game I once
> played. My E drive(DVD)and A drive work normally (the F
> drive used to), and I'd like to fix this, but I don't even
> know where to start. Can anyone help??? I hope my
> explanation of this problem isn't too confusing.

In Windows Explorer, right-click on the drive letter (in the lefthand
panel) and drag to the righthand panel. Let go of the mouse button, and
CREATE SHORTCUT HERE. Then move the shortcut to whatever directory
(folder) you wish.

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