CDROM SHOWS AS REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE

CDROM STOPPED WORKING IN WIN 95, WORKS FROM DOS BOOT UP DISK !!
ASUS P5A MOTHERBOARD, AMD 450, DUAL HARD DRIVES, CREATIVE CDROM 48X (SLAVE).
DEVICE MANAGER INDICATES CDROM INSTALLED -OK
TRIED REMOVING CDROM AND THEN REINSTALLING DRIVERS ETC ETC PROBLEM REMAINS.
COULD THE BIOS SETUP AFFECT CDROM OPERATION (ALL HARD DRIVES ETC SET TO AUTO). ANY SUGGESTIONS THANKS

1. RE: CDROM SHOWS AS REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE
lbyard May-28-02 08:57 PM
In response to message 0

Try setting it as no drive present. Windows should still detect. Try disconnecting the drive, starting Windows and deleting the CD-ROM drive in the Control Panel, System, reconnecting the drive, and starting Windows. Check C:\autoexec.bat with edit from the DOS prompt and be sure the line with mscdex isn't remarked-out with a rem plus a space in front of it. Be sure you don't have multiple CD-ROM drivers loading in C:\config.sys. Larry

2. RE: CDROM SHOWS AS REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE
W_Seip May-30-02 05:35 PM
In response to message 1

Thanks Larry for the info. I checked the above and reinstalled drivers etc.
I now see the the CDROM icon, but when i try to access it, a new message appears, e:\ is not accessible, a device attached to the system is not functioning?
I tested the cdrom with win98 etc and the hardware appears fine.
When i restart windows in dos mode the cdrom works, but i noticed a old command also shows during this boot up, altough rem'd out in config.sys file, C:\windows\command\ etc. Anywhere else this could be loading from ?

3. RE: CDROM SHOWS AS REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE
lbyard May-30-02 05:41 PM
In response to message 2

ren (rename) config.sys and autoexec.bat to eliminate them as the source. Ren them back. Larry