I tried to install QuickTax today to start entering data in preparation for filing our 2003 tax returns, and to see how maxing out our RSP contributions would affect our refunds.
When I popped the CD in the drive, nothing happened. I tried it on a notebook computer and on my wife's desktop and the install window opened, so the media was OK.
Back at my computer, I tried accessing the CD drive with Windows Explorer, only to get an "E:\is not accessible. Incorrect function" error message.
Music CDs played fine, and Windows 2000 claimed the drive was running just fine. Yet I had no access to data CDs.
I tried swapping the CD cable, with no success. I tried installing another CD drive I had sitting around, again with no success.
Then I noticed that my floppy drive was also not accessible. "A:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function."
Very strange. Is something wrong with the motherboard? It's an Asus A7V, which is known to have some issues, particularly with USB, however the CD and floppy drives had been working for years.
I still haven't figured this one out. I think I have a few more IDE cables and perhaps more old CD drives out in the garage...
Posted by Paul at February 4, 2004 06:39 PMI just read an article about conflicts between Norton Internet Security 2004 and other programs such as Nero and Roxio causing problems like this - Do you use these?
Ray
Posted by: Ray at February 29, 2004 12:05 PMYep, I wrote about it in this post.
http://www.cipywnyk.net/mtblog/archives/000020.html