cd rom is not accessable

[Sarge]

I have an S-1675CDS laptop that's fairly old. I can read any cd that is
created by a professional company but cannot read a cd that is created by me
or anyone that sends a cd to me. I get the error: "D: is not accessable. The
device is not ready"

what is happening? Any help is appreciated.

[Jeff Richards]

Try cleaning the CD drive.

It is quite possible that the CD is simply not compatible with the types of
writeable CD media that you are trying to use, especially if it is a very
early model.

If it's been created as a write-once CD then W98 might have troubles with it
if it's not closed.

If it's been created using a re-writeable format then you will need
additional software to access it. This is usually included as part of
CD-recording software, so it probably already exists on machines that have
writeable CD drives. But it can be installed separately for other machines.

See, for instance:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/cd/cdr.htm
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
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[Hot-text]

Toshiba S1675CDS

But need to know PC is it a Dell or HP Or ?

to see the the CD is working Start PC hit Tab on keyboard All HD and CD And
Drive will show up
if you do not CD Dirve Toshiba S1675CDS you need to set it up.
you maybe need to put the CD Rom on cs [.::: ] .: CS :SC : MA [POWER]

when you Start or PC you need to go to Set up a Dell is F2 and HP is Delete
PC ? is ?
to setup the CD-rom

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