Strange CD problem!

[john ranger]

HI This is a trange one. My cd will only show up once to play,or to show me what's inside a cd.After I close the window and go back to it it will not work.It seems to only work once then I have to reboot to get to do another task. Anybody have any idea what could be causing this?Thanks

Windows xp pro

Atapti 48 cd rom

[Jenni]

What program are you using that is causing the problem? Is it doing this in Explorer? I had a similar issue with CDex when I was trying to rip my CD's to MP3. If I let Winamp or any other program autoload the music CD, the CD drive would disappear and I would have to restart the computer to get it back. And not only would it disappear, it wouldn't even eject the CD that was in it. Anyway, I used the settings in CloneCD to disable "autoplay for audio CD's" and this solved my problem.

[john ranger]

Yes I use explorer.

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I used the settings in CloneCD to disable "autoplay for audio CD's" and this solved my problem.

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Mayby I should try this as well.Where do I find these settings?Do I have to have clonecd?

[Iman74]

I came across this once and I fixed it by upgrading the BIOS to the latest version.

[Jenni]

You can download the free trial of CloneCd, just search for it.

Try holding down the shift key when your CD's load, this will disable autoplay for just that load. See if you have the problem then. Seems like if more than one program tries to access the disc at the same time (Winamp and Explorer, say) it freaks the computer out.