I got a Quicktime error message!

[tinydot]

Hi there,

I don't know when it happened, but it just popped up, and I really don't know what triggered it. It seemed to happen after I open my friend's movie file after downloading it. I'm not too sure abt this.

Here's the error message pop up whenever I open a quicktime movie file.

"There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \Device\Harddisk2\DR5." Cancel - Try Again - Continue

I can still open movie files, only if i clear the message by clicking either one of the options. It's really irritating. Can anyone help me?

I'm on a Windows 2000 system, and I'm using Quicktime 6.

[mjc]

Try clearing out your Documents foldr on the start menu. Try settings => task bar and start menu => Start Menuy Programs => Documents menu => Clear (that is where it is in 98..might be the same place in 2k), also see if there is an option in QT to clear its history...it looks like you have a shortcut to something that has been moved or no longer exists.

[Sylvander]

Hello tinydot

Does this data file have a ”qt” or ".mov" extension?

When you [double-click to] "choose" a file the default action is set in motion. Right click on the file and you will see the default action in heavy text at the top of the list [Open or Play]. That word/action is there because of some settings in the registry and the actions, which take place when you click on that word, are determined by the settings specified in some keys in the registry.
You can edit these [to fix them] from inside or [more safely] from outside the registry.

If you suspect that they have recently been altered for the worse you can restore the registry to it's former condition by using "scanreg /restore" at a DOS prompt [Windows 98 only].
Alternatively you could re-format and restore a backup taken before the change was introduced. This is a bit heavy-handed but it will cover all possible software causes.

TO EDIT FILE OPENING SETTINGS FROM OUTSIDE THE REGISTRY
1. Go to "Windows explorer>View>Folder Options>File Types" and scroll down to the name associated with your file type. I'll assume it's "Video Clip" [the extension being "qt" or "mov"].
2. Click on “edit” and select one of the actions ;
[Open or Play] [you can highlight one and click on “default” to set which one you wish to be the default]
then click “edit” again and you will see highlighted in a window named “Application used to perform action” the setting which is in the registry and is used to specify which program[s] are to be used to open this file and what the prog’s are to do with it and what is the files address. The %1 is missed off the end.
For example, the following is the setting in my registry copied and pasted below:

C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\amovie.ocx,RunDll /play /close %1

I think this means that “rundll32.exe” will control “amovie.ocx”, which will “play” then “close” the file.
The “%1” specifies that the file to be acted upon is the one [which is at the address] clicked upon.
This is, I think, where your problem arises. Somehow the address is incorrectly identified. Does that seem correct? Is there a location “\Device\Harddisk2\DR5” in Explorer? This looks more like a key in the registry! You could search for “Key” “DR5” in regedit to see if it makes any sense.

I used to get problems of this sort and discovered that it could be fixed by putting the %1 between inverted commas thus “%1” in regedit as follows:

EDITING THE REGISTRY USING REGEDIT
[This has the potential to cause SERIOUS PROBLEMS. Work with care and have a backup.]

1. Go to “Start>Run” and type “regedit” in the Run box [if it does not already exist] or select it and click “ok”.
2. Click the “+” sign to the left of “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT” and scroll down to the key with the same name as the extension on your movie file [.mov]. Below “Data” against “Default” should be the word “movfile”. This is the name of the next key to look for.
3. Scroll down to the key named “movfile” and click on the “+’s” to expand “movfile>Shell>Play” and click on “Command”. This will display the “default” “data” as follows:

C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\amovie.ocx,RunDll /play /close %1

4. To edit [any part of] this, right-click on “default” and click “Modify” and the data will appear highlighted in an “Edit String” window. You could try adding inverted commas around the %1 = “%1” and if that did not produce a fix go back and remove them. This would be your first trip into the dangerous and powerful world of the [Windows 9x] registry!
I think putting the %1 between inverted commas specifies that the address is very long [and includes spaces] which allocates more address space. Perhaps another could supply more info on that.

OOps! I just noticed your using Windows 2000 and I don't know what difference that will make. Perhaps on second thoughts you should uninstall & reinstall "Quicktime".

[tinydot]

I did what mjc said, and it worked. No more annoying error messages, and my quicktime movies(mov) can run as normal.

Thanks!

[tinydot]

sighzz....

It happened again.:( Except tempting with registry(which I don't dare to), none of the methods are working anymore. I tried uninstall QT and reinstall....but it doesnt work as well.

QT movies(.mov) still can run as usual, it's just that annoying message(refer to my first message) keeps popping up when I open any QT file.

[Sylvander]

Hello tinydot

Don't edit your registry. Just take a look and see if all is well.
Start from outside regedit then take a look inside regedit.

This is probably a problem in the registry.
What you should have done immediately it showed was to restore/go back to the immediately prior copy. In Windows 98 this is done using the "scanreg /restore" command at a DOS prompt outside Windows, not a DOS window [restart in MS-DOS mode]. It's probably too late for that now [though perhaps not] but if you have a system of backup you could restore one taken before the problem arose. Does Windows 2000 have a system of "go back"?

Just in case.
Get a virus checking prog [downloaded on another machine which you believe is not infected. AVG is good(and free). Make a rescue disk.] Boot from the rescue disk on your PC and scan your Partition Sector and Boot Sector and files.

[Icanhope]

I searched all over the web for a solution to using quicktime without getting the insert disk error. finally I gave up and just changed the program that opened the file.

select your movie, right click then on properties change open with to real player. real player will play your quick time movie without any errors popping up.

[Fruss Tray Ted]

But I don't view 2 year old threads as a habit. :p

I don't use RealPlayer either, as a rule of thumbz...