Can not read disk in cd rom drive?

The cd rom drive will not read a cd. You can see the drive in "My Computer" but the cd looks blank when it is not.

How do you know if your CD-ROM is good?

1. Is it detected in the BIOS screen when your computer boots up?
2. Does Windows recognize it in the device manager?
3. Does the LED on the front blink when you put a disk in?

Have you tried cleaning the laser lens? The first step is to run a pick up a CD/DVD ROM cleaning disk to make sure there is no dust, hair, or other particles on the lens. For about ten bucks, you can pick up a CD/DVD cleaning disk that has fine hairs on the underside. This will remove dust from the lens.

Another option would be to make sure the IDE cable is firmly seated on the motherboard and on the device. Reseating these cables sometimes do the trick. Be careful doing this because it is possible to unseat something else. If you're not comfortable with opening your computer, your best bet is to take it to a professional.

Another option for you is to make sure you have the latest BIOS update for your CD-ROM drive. Find the drive manufacturer's website and do a search for your model. Make sure you have the correct BIOS file because if you don't, it will make the drive inoperable and you will need to get it repaired/replaced. Again, if this is something you're not comfortable doing, take it to a repair shop.

Before you go and try formatting and reinstalling your operating system, I'd try all of these other things first. Chances are, it's not your OS. Good luck.



Try this workaround to rectify the problem.....

Note: If you have any CD-writing software product/s [such as, Nero™.] installed on your computer, you need to uninstall the software before you remove the registry keys.

You can do this in Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs >

Scroll down the list for the particular program/s and follow the prompts to uninstall the software.

Please Note: In CD is a program that's associated with CD-writing programs, and will need to be removed as well.Then:.....

1. Click Start, > Run.
2. In the Open: box, type regedit, > OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class/{4d36e965-e325-
11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
4. On the File menu, click Export.
5. In the File name box, type savedkey, and then click Save.
6. Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type UpperFilters, and then click Delete on the Edit menu.
When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
7. Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type LowerFilters, and then click Delete on the Edit menu.
When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
8. Exit out of regedit, and then restart the computer.

Reinstall your CD-Writing software, and test the devices.

Disk at C: Not capable of booting itself.

The Startup floppy disk is essentially a bare bones DOS 7.x system disk with various disk initialization tools, such as FDISK.EXE, FORMAT.COM, and SYS.COM. These tools allow you to initialize the hard disk prior to the Win 98 installation.

Using the Alternative Boot Disk: This diskette allows you to boot into Win9x where the system disk at C: is not capable of booting itself. This is usually a result of the partition that is assigned to C: is not an "Active" DOS Primary partition.

How to Format the hard disk in msdos?

format disk /parameter

Example:
format c: /s will format disk C and make it a system drive.

If your Startup Disk does not have the Format.com, you can download it from:

http://www.allbootdisks.com/disk_contents/download/98.html

After formatting, your non-removable disk (hard disk) at c: will have one program installed and that is COMMAND.COM

Your computer will now boot on drive C: and ready for installation of windows

How To Download Videos From YouTube

YouTube.com is an excellent website that allows you to view saved videos on their servers. Unfortunately YouTube doesn't allow you to download these videos.

Videodownloadx.com allows you to save videodownloadx videos and download videodownloadx videos easily using only your IE or firefox browser.

How do I save YouTube Videos?

1. Browse for the videos at YouTube

2. Copy the URL of the YouTube video you have selected.

3. Paste the URL at videodownloadx.com Download Form Box.

4. Click "DOWNLOAD" to save the YouTube file to your PC.

5. Rename the YouTube file with a .flv extension if necessary.


After I download YouTube Videos how do I watch them?

When you download YouTube videos through videodownloadx, they are saved in the new.FLV (flash video) format. You will need to download a FREE FLV player to watch these YouTube files on your PC.

1. Download a FREE FLV PLAYER.

When I enter full screen-mode, I cannot go back to normal mode!

This seems to be a problem that is related to mProjector, the tool used to create FLV Player with.

Other symptoms are (very) choppy video and/or stuttering audio.

If this new version of FLV Player is giving you troubles, you can try reverting to the previous version. You can also try the following fix:

1. Close FLV Player.
2. Find the executable file FLVPLAYER.EXE (C:Program FilesFLVPlayer)
3. Right click on it.
4. Select PROPERTIES.
5. On COMPATIBLITY, choose WINDOWS 2000.
6. Start FLV Player.

If this still does not work and you still experience choppy video and/or stuttering audio every time you double click the screen to view in full screen mode, I recommend that you convert the .flv extracted video into an .mpg video format which you can play on Windows Media Player.

1. Download a FREE FLV CONVERTER.

MS ACCESS FORMS - Field Expressions for Auto Computations

Creating MS Access Forms that automatically computes

Temporary Fields can be created in MS Access Forms by simply assigning a title. This temporary fields can then be used to create other temporary fields that produces the needed data computations.

To better understand this, I will give you an example which I recently designed for an Insurance Firm.

1. Create a Table for AutoComputation with the following fields:


2. Create a Form using the above table.

3. Copy and Paste the field name AmountInsured to the form.

4. Edit the copied field by changing its name to Premium.

5. Edit the copied field by changing the Control Source to : =[AmounInsured]*[AmountInsuredRate]. Change the Details Name to Premium. Now you have a temporary field named "Premium"

How to Post Music Blog

So You Want To Open A Window, Huh?

By Joe Burns

I can always tell when there is a new command that is in vogue. I start getting all kinds of email asking how to do it. Well, this is the new thing. I don't know why, but everyone wants to know how to create these little windows that pop up. All the Geocities pages have them. Other pages use them as control panels operating the main window.

If you decide to go with this kind of pop up window, use it sparingly. I think they become an annoyance after a while. Sort of like some guy telling you the same joke every time he meets you. It's fun about three times. Then you start yelling at the screen. I do at least. It really scares the cat.

But if you insist on doing one. Let's do it right! We'll start at the beginning.



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The Basic JavaScript Format

Oh yes! This is done through JavaScript. But it's a very simple JavaScript, so don't get worried so soon. Here's the basic format.



Heck, you can almost guess what each of the parts does. Since this is a script, you need the opening SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript" statement, and of course the /SCRIPT statement at the end. The are used to hide the text from older browsers that don't read JavaScript. You see, if you didn't have those in there, the text would display. This way it doesn't.
...but it's the stuff in the middle that that makes the magic.

window.open ('page.html') does just what it says. It opens a window (a new browser screen actually) and fills it with the page within the parentheses and single quotes. In the example above the HTML document that fills the window is called page.html.

Is that it?

Technically yes. That little script will work and open a new browser window and you'll get the effect. But wouldn't it be great if we actually had the ability to configure the window any way we wanted? You bet. Here's how.


Configuring The Window
Now we get to the commands I used on this page to get the little window effect. This is exactly what I have:


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(Get all on one line...no spaces)

How can I do more with links?

Note: These tips can be used when you are directly editing the HTML of a post or template. They won't work with the Link List widget of Layouts.

The HTML for a basic link looks like this: OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN

With this code, someone looking at your webpage will see the word or words you have as the TEXT. This text will be highlighted, and when clicked on, the browser window will go to the address specificed by the URL.

You can also create a link that people can use to email you. In the example above, just replace the http:// with mailto: and use your email address in place of the URL. It would looks something like this: Email me!

Sometimes, you may want to link to another webpage, but have it open in a new browser window, leaving the original webpage open beneath it. To do this, you can just add target="_blank" to the link. This tells the browser to make a new, blank window for the link.

The link would then look like this: OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN

If you decide you really want complete control over the new windows for your links, you can use JavaScript. Detailed instructions on how to do this can be found at HTML Goodies.

Use these tricks with care, however, since it's easy to go overboard creating too many windows.