Tom, Did you ever have any CD recording software installed prevsiously which handled blank CDs, which now no longer exists on your system??? If you did, it might have left some info in the registry that would tell Windows to try and open that software if the OS detected a blank CD in the CD drive - since the software no longer exists, windows effectively hangs in trying to load the non-existent software to handle the blank CD.
Since I have seen the TDK drive in the past, it used to come with a version of Adaptec/Roxio EZ and Direct CD software, with the Direct software getting loaded when windows boots. Since this program can most definitely leave info in the registry in many cases if it is removed from the system, this could be a source of the problem. Since I dont know if you have had the program loaded in the past on your system, it may not be the source of the issue at all, but is a possible source of trouble. Similiar type issues can show up with other items on the computer, whether hardware and/or software, due to software that existed in the past on the system, but no longer is installed and available. Ralph Sorry, Windows 98 SE. Software isn't important because I can be on the desktop with nothing running and as soon as I put a CDRW in the drive it locks up. ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote: >Think it would be nice to mention the software you're using >and OS. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >I have a TDK 24X 10X 40X CDRW drive and if I have auto start >enabled the computer locks up when I put a blank CDRW in the >drive. When auto start is disabled I don't have this problem >most of the time, but occasionally when using the drive the >computer will lock up. > >Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening? ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
