Apple Macintosh Performa 5400 Series - Manual (Page 79)

Problems using CD-ROM discs
You insert a CD-ROM disc, but its icon doesn’t appear on the Macintosh desktop.
m Make sure that the disc label is facing up and the disc is centered in the
tray. If you are using a small (8 cm) disc, make sure your computer is as
level as possible, the disc is centered within the inside ring on the tray, and
you don’t tilt or swivel the computer while the small disc is in the drive.
m Make sure the tray is closed all the way.
m Try restarting your computer.
m Try starting your computer from the Macintosh Performa CD: Performa
Software. Do this by inserting the CD, then restarting your computer while
holding down the C key. If only the hard drive icon appears on the
desktop, then there may be a hardware problem with your CD-ROM drive.
If the CD-ROM icon appears above the hard disk icon, reinstall your CD-
ROM software. The easiest way to do this is by reinstalling your system
software, following the instructions in Chapter 7, “Installing or
Reinstalling Your Software.”
CD-ROM software is already installed on Macintosh computers that come
with CD-ROM drives. You can reinstall it by reinstalling your system
software, following the instructions in Chapter 7, “Installing or Reinstalling
Your Software.”
m Make sure that the Apple CD-ROM extension is turned on in the
Extensions Manager control panel. Open the Extensions Manager control
panel in the Control Panels folder in the Apple (K) menu. Click to put a
checkmark next to “Apple CD-ROM.” Then restart your computer.
Your computer displays the message “This is not a Macintosh disk: Do you want to
initialize it?” when you insert a CD-ROM disc in the CD-ROM drive.
m Make sure that the Foreign File Access and Audio CD Access CD-ROM
extensions are installed in your Extensions folder in the System Folder on
your hard disk and are turned on. If they are not turned on, use the
Extensions Manager control panel in the Control Panels folder in the
Apple (K) menu to turn them on. Then restart your computer.
m Make sure the CD-ROM software is installed. (The CD-ROM software is
already installed on Macintosh computers that come with CD-ROM drives.)
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