Weird CD/DVD and HDD problem

blodeblode
edited June 2004 in Hardware
This is very strange.

I've been setting up a PC with win XP-pro on Asus A7V8X-X (bios v1011) with a dvd and dvd-rw. It is a pretty ordinary setup with a Radeon 9200SE AIW and 512MB PC2700. Boots to ME or XP (on C & F respectively) on a 30GB HDD partitioned 50/50.

The C drive shows the office 2000 CD icon instead of a HDD, F is normal. The both show normal in ME but in XP, if I use 'explore' it shows the C drive contents correctly but if I open it, the MS install tune plays and it starts the office 2000 installation applet. :loco:

Any ideas?

Blode

Comments

  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited June 2004
    Though I don't know what specifically you did you screwed something up along the way clearely. It almost sounds like you have one of the main files on your cd-drive associated with Office. If this is a new install I'd recomend just formating and starting over.

    Also why ME. ME is a bastardized OS that isn't realy 98 compatible and has just some weird shit in it.
  • MackanzMackanz
    edited June 2004
    Try first to UN-associate that office thing by righ-clicking, choose propeties.
  • blodeblode
    edited June 2004
    kryyst wrote:

    [...] Also why ME. ME is a bastardized OS that isn't realy 98 compatible and has just some weird shit in it.

    Absolutely. But as I said I'm building it for a friend and I decided it would be best to keep his old ME system up and running until he was completely familiar with XP.

    Blode
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited June 2004
    Seems like a crutch to me. XP isn't that different from ME/98 and I'm sure that he shouldn't have any issues finding the difference. I know at work I've moved people that beyond know how to use their specific work related software know nothing about computers and they don't have any issues at all from switching froom 98 or 2k to XP. Also down the line he'll probably want to get rid of one of the OS's then you have to go to all the trouble of ditching ME and fixing the boot table. Seriously I'd just scrap ME now and get him to leave the nest.
  • blodeblode
    edited June 2004
    Mackanz wrote:
    Try first to UN-associate that office thing by righ-clicking, choose propeties.

    Hi

    'Properties' shows it as a hdd drive.

    Blode
  • MackanzMackanz
    edited June 2004
    Ok, when you right-click that office icon, is there an "eject" choice as well? Don't ask, i'm just wondering.
  • MackanzMackanz
    edited June 2004
    blode wrote:
    Hi

    'Properties' shows it as a hdd drive.

    Blode

    How can that be, if it's associated with an office icon?
  • blodeblode
    edited June 2004
    Mackanz wrote:
    How can that be, if it's associated with an office icon?

    Yes, it's weird. Under 'my computer', C partition has the office cd icon and right click has additionally 'autoplay' and 'configure'. F partition is the normal HDD icon. When I left click F it goes to explore as normal, when I left click C it goes to set up office 2000 as if it were a CD. Yet 'explore' and 'properties' for C perform the normal functions and all the files and folders in C are shown in explorer.

    It doesn't seem to be doing any harm but it's annoying me.

    Blode
  • blodeblode
    edited June 2004
    Mackanz wrote:
    Ok, when you right-click that office icon, is there an "eject" choice as well? Don't ask, i'm just wondering.

    No.

    Blode
  • UziUzi Hamburg, Germany
    edited June 2004
    blode wrote:
    Yes, it's weird. Under 'my computer', C partition has the office cd icon and right click has additionally 'autoplay' and 'configure'.

    Is there, by any chance, an "autorun.ini" file on the c: drive root?

    Maybe there way a weird accident and some files from the installer CD got placed on the HDD root. In this case weird things may happen...
  • blodeblode
    edited June 2004
    Uzi wrote:
    Is there, by any chance, an "autorun.ini" file on the c: drive root?

    Maybe there way a weird accident and some files from the installer CD got placed on the HDD root. In this case weird things may happen...

    YAY! Thanks Uwe. I had to unhide the folder but I deleted the .ini and now it's back to normal. There were two setup and help files which I also deleted. Seems that there was an accident sometime in the past... no idea how it happened (the computer isn't mine) but all is well now.... :jelly:

    Regards

    Mike (aka Blode)
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