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If you are playing a DVD movie and eject the disk by manually pressing the button on the drive without first stopping the DVD player, you may receive the bluescreen error Error Reading CD-ROM in drive X : ( X being the letter of your DVD

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Article ID: 250177 - Last Review: January 27, 2007 - Revision: 1.3

You Receive a Bluescreen Error When Ejecting a DVD in Windows Me DVD Player

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SYMPTOMS

If you are playing a DVD movie and eject the disk by manually pressing the button on the drive without first stopping the DVD player, you may receive the bluescreen error "Error Reading CD-ROM in drive X:" (X being the letter of your DVD drive).

WORKAROUND

Quit the DVD player program before manually ejecting the DVD movie, or click Eject in the program to eject the DVD.

MORE INFORMATION

Not all drives exhibit this behavior. This behavior occurs on the TORiSAN DRD-U424. Please comment this article if you find additional DVD drives that display this behavior with the DVD player in Windows Me.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
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