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    cdr101:not ready reading drive d

    ive started from scratch, formatted h.d. finally got dos6.2 installed thanx to(folks on this forum)now trying to get cdom going to hopefully install windows, ive got s.b.16 sound card and panasonic 563 cd, ive loaded correct software for both, loaded 56x_dos.exe for cd andsbcddw95.exe for sound blaster, when i reboot everything shows up perfect, says 1 cd-rom drive(s) connected
    cd-rom device driver
    installed.
    shows mscdex loading, and drive d=mscd001
    everything appears to be there, but when i put any cd in i get cdr101:not ready reading drive d, abort,retry,fail?
    no clue what else to do here, any ideas, as always greatly appreciated!! outlaw!!

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    Have a few questions

    What type of drive is it?
    Do u have the drivers for it?
    It not check out www.bootdisk.com and look their

    hope this helps


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    Hey Outlaw,
    The /d:mscd001 , the 'd' does not refer to drive but to 'device' the last part:mscd001, is the drive's name. d/:mscd001 needs to appear in the autoexec.bat at the end of the mscdex.exe line and at the end of the driver's file line in the config.sys.

    You say you loaded 56_dos.exe, is that the dos install program for your CD? Did it add the correct lines to your autoexec.bat and config.sys files?

    You may just want to post your autoexec.bat and config.sys files here on the forum so someone can take a look and see where the problem is.

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    See CDROM in DOS for information on settings. From what I read, your CDROM is not and IDE CDROM. It must be connected to the Sound card or other interface. See Troubleshooting CDR101. This would seem to indicate possible bad connections or a driver problem.

    David's example should have the / before the D as /d:mscd001.
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    Oops!
    Thanks Dennis


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    "CDR101:Not ready reading drive D Abort, Retry, Fail?"
    Reasons: The CDROM is upside down, or the CDROM disc isn't in the drive.
    You booted up DOS, all settings are correct for hard drive and settings are
    correct for the CDROM drive. CDROM drivers are loaded correctly; otherwise, you do not get this error. Note; other commands
    at the D prompt produce the same error such as dir. Some other possibilities are an audio CD disk is in the drive and you are trying to obtain a directory listing or the CDROM drive
    door was opened and closed during a boot up.

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    The CR-563 is not an IDE ATAPI compliant drive. It uses a proprietary interface and is most likely plugged into your sound card. It is a 2x speed, tray loading type CD-ROM. It is at least 6 years old

    Make certain that the sound card drivers are loading BEFORE the cdrom drivers in both the config.sys & autoexec.bat files

    Your best bet is this actaully - drop 40 bucks & replace the cdrom with a new IDE 48 speed. It will be more than worth the investment

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    PC:
    thanx for reply,yes cdrom does plug into soundcard, only one ide plugin on motherboard, so what good would it do to buy new cd-rom, still has to run through sound card? also robert i get same error when typing dir, and not using audio cd!! thanx outlaw!!

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    Not so. An IDE ATAPI compliant cdrom does not plug into a sound card. Only the proprietary ones do & they havent made them for about 5 years.

    There are 2 connectors on the IDE cable for devices. If there isnt, they used proprietary cables too. A standard IDE cable is about a buck

    Jumper the hard drive as the master & the cdrom as the slave & run them both off the same IDE channel. Thats all you need to do

    Your best bet is to replace that cdrom. They are under $40.00



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    panasonic are hard and i think you may need a seperate driver for card , get a mitsumi or a new atapi costs 30 bucks

    or try jumper on slave and end of ribbon on cd - middle of belt on hardrive. stick in a windows 98 startup disc you make or someone sends you,

    if it says it loads drivers then type d at a , run win 95 off that at a d promopt

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    s PCSolutions said, the IDE can take 2 devices. The cable you have may only have one connector at each end. You can buy a Y cable which will allow 2 devices to connect to the same IDE port. This can be an extra hard drive, CDROM, or ZIP drive.

    The jumpers on both the CDROM and Hard drive allow them to both work on the same connection. The CDROM does not have to be set up in the BIOS.

    Since you could have a bad CDROM drive, buy a new drive, as PCSolutions suggests, to save the frustration.
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    thanx pc,and everyone, ill definetely go the new cdrom route!!!

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    Outlaw
    Yes, I realize that you are getting the era when a non music CDROM disc is in the drive also. If your system is displaying the d prompt, however, the reasons for this era with a data CD may be may be that the disk is upside down with respect to the read mechanism, the disc is unreadable due to being a blank or other defect, the tray for the CDROM disc was opened and closed during a boot, the disk is right side up but the drive itself is mounted upside down or backwards. Sometimes the motherboard IDE connector must be disabled with a jumper on the motherboard, the sound card may have a jumper that enables the proprietary CDROM connector functions on it. If not, there may be another method for enabling. Try entering the BIOS setup program to search for options which may affect. It is likely there is nothing whatsoever wrong with the drive, and no need to buy another. Proprietary CDROMS often outperform other types, although they can be difficult to set up. Maybe there is something covering the read mechanism! Unlikely though.
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