re: Driva a: in MS Dos Compatibility mode Now CD/DVD Missing too Tuesday, March 9, 2004 at 1:58 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by st3ve (2 messages posted) Okay figured it out. I don't know how the problem began but I do know how it became worse. When I disconnected the a: drive (floppy) I must have loosened the cd/dvd cable on the motherboard. I pushed this back in firmly, then I realised that all this time I hadn't even re-connected the power cable of the floppy drive, I'd only connected the thick grey cable (and that was incorrectly fitted - the red stripe should point to pin 1 on the floppy drive) All works fine now. So my advice, if winME reports that drive x is operating in ms dos compatibilty file system mode, or if you suddenly lose drives E and F (CD/DVD) check your connections on the motherboard first, before doing anything else... I hope this info helps anyone else with similar issues. On Monday, March 8, 2004 at 2:31 am, st3ve wrote: > > > >Hi All > >Okay I'm stumped here. First my a: drive packed in so I went, settings/control panel/system/performance. >I noticed a message. Drive a: is using an MS-DOS compatibility mode file system. >I also noticed that the drive is no longer referred to as drive a: in control panel. >It is now called removable device. When I click on it my system freezes then crashes > >I disconnected the drive and still receive the same message. I reconnected the drive. >I have now realised that the CD and DVD rom are both missing altogether. When I look >in Device manager they're simply not listed. When I do a find new hardware wizard >it doesn't find them. > >I followed the Windows advice on MS Dos Compatibility but found no solution. I also >notice that someone else in this forum had a similar problem but the suggestions >there have not helped in my case. > >I'm also getting .dll errors when Mcafee starts up so I have reinstalled their virus >scan engine, which I ran, no viruses found. However Mcafee is once again missing >the .dll files on startup. So perhaps I may be infected. > >Any ideas? Written in response to: Driva a: in MS Dos Compatibility mode Now CD/DVD Missing too (st3ve: Monday, March 8, 2004 at 2:31 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Driva a: in MS Dos Compatibility mode Now CD/DVD Missing too (st3ve: Mon, Mar 8, 2004, 2:31 am) re: Driva a: in MS Dos Compatibility mode Now CD/DVD Missing too (st3ve: Tue, Mar 9, 2004, 1:58 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum