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Editor complaining about CD Drive

Kenny GardnerKenny Gardner Posts: 169
edited 2004-12-20 18:44 in BASIC Stamp
The latest Editor (2.1 - R2) complains when it starts up about not having a disk in the CD/DVD drive. After clicking Continue a couple of times it ultimately loads.

Is there something I can change to make it not ask that a disk be put into the drive? I've uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail.

Thanks,

Kenny


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Comments

  • igaligal Posts: 7
    edited 2004-10-25 20:30
    Have the same problem all the time. Unfortunately didn't find any way to block it.

    Igal
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,400
    edited 2004-10-25 21:26
    Hey guys,

    I'm alerting Jeff Martin right away (our BASIC Stamp Windows Editor Engineer and CD creator).

    I'll ask him to reply to the forum.

    Thanks,

    Ken Gracey
    Parallax, Inc.
  • Jeff MartinJeff Martin Posts: 760
    edited 2004-10-25 21:57
    Hi,

    I think the problem may be related to an issue with the editor's integrated explorer.· Is the CD ROM drive an external USB device?· Or do you have a Media reader (for SmartMedia, Flash Memory, etc)?

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  • Kenny GardnerKenny Gardner Posts: 169
    edited 2004-10-26 19:40
    Hi Jeff,

    My CD/DVD drive is internal.

    The next day, after a reboot, the Editor quit complaining about there being no disk in the drive.

    Here's what I've discovered:

    Put a CD in the Drive. Load the Editor. Exit the Editor and then remove the CD. Load the Editor again and it will complain about there not being a CD in the drive.

    Rebooting apparently clears some setting.

    HTH,

    Kenny

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  • Muggs FergusonMuggs Ferguson Posts: 1
    edited 2004-11-30 20:19
    Kenny, I'm having the same problem (just an annoyance really) and after reading your post I rebooted and, with nothing in either drive, the editor still complains.
    Jeff, I do have a flash card reader in my HP printer. Could that be causing the problem?

    Muggs
  • Kenny GardnerKenny Gardner Posts: 169
    edited 2004-11-30 20:36
    Muggs,

    I do have a flash card reader in my HP printer. Could that be causing the problem?

    Yep. I just plugged in my Flash Reader and loaded up the Editor and sure enough, it told me to insert a disk into the reader.

    Kenny



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  • steve_bsteve_b Posts: 1,563
    edited 2004-11-30 20:55
    I've had the problem a couple times when starting PBasic.· I think at some point I rebooted and it went away....but this was in the midst of muckin around with something else in the CD drive (not Pbasic related though).



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  • DestroyerXDestroyerX Posts: 34
    edited 2004-12-20 18:44
    Hey guys,

    I'm new to this fourms but I've had a BOE bot for a few years. I believe Jeff Martin is correct. When the editor boots, I think it's looking in external drives, not internal ones. I kept having the problem and I tried multiple uninstallations and reinstallations with no success. However, I noticed that I had a flash memory card reader hooked up to a USB port, which was causing the problem. The editor now works perfect for me, no error, when I have the card reader unplugged. Hope this helps.

    -D.X.

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