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).

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WORKAROUND

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

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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.

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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