This just started happening recently. When I boot up Poser, it gets to a certain point than tells me to put a disk in my drive. Turns out it's my DVD drive, only one in the computer. What the heck? It's never asked for that before. Of course, now that I think of it, I usually have "a" CD/DVD in that drive. Not ever the Poser one, but one. Perhaps it just wants any one? If so, why? Anyone else see this?

First, it's always good to know which version of Poser you have, and whether it's been updated with any current Service Packs, etc. Also, what has changed since you last successfully used Poser? That usually is a great tip-off. Beyond that: Poser is looking for something on your DVD drive. Most likely you installed something from that drive? At any rate, you need to Correct the References on your Poser installation. You can try getting CorrectReference from Free Stuff here at Renderosity (do a search for hogwarden). Or you can go all the way, and by CorrectReference Pro (CRPro) here in the Marketplace. CRPRo handles texture references, geometry references, and so much more.

Message edited on: 01/02/2005 19:07

Sorry about that. I'm usually better. I've got P5 with the last service pack installed. The only thing I've changed recently is that I installed Carrera 4 on my machine. And I uninstalled quicktime. Hey, maybe that's it. Hmm. I'll check. I don't think it's a reference to my files. At least it shouldn't. None of my characters or props or anything have been installed from CD. Anyway, thanks for the installation tip. I'll see if the quicktime was the trigger.

Do you have any removable media drives attached to your computer? Zip drive, flash memory reader, something like that?

XP likes that kind of removable media to be last. After the DVD/CD drives and everything. I used to get an error message that said something like qttask.exe - No Disk There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into driveDeviceHarddisk1DR1

I thought it was because of QuickTime, because qttask.exe is a Quicktime file, but it turns out it's a Windows thing. I forced my Zip drive to be Drive Z (instead of Drive L), and the error went away.

And the problem started for me when I tried to remove Quicktime, too.

Had that happen, when i moved P5 to a different drive, after a reinstall on that drive, it was gone.

I doubt if Quicktime has anything to do with Poser. In fact, I hate Quicktime, and make it a point not to install it.

" I doubt if Quicktime has anything to do with Poser. In fact, I hate Quicktime, and make it a point not to install it." erm. Quicktime is PART of Poser. Poser uses to handle and save certain file types.

Well, ain't that funny? I don't have it installed, and Poser works. Quicktime is a media player. I don't like it, and don't use it.

sigh whatever you are of course right. the fact that Poser uses Quicktime modules it itself installs is obivously wrong. Bad Poser! bad bad bad Bobbie? you have quicktime on your machine. sorry but thats life!

Hah, I just checked "ADD-Remove programs." Guess what is NOT there!

tut tut tut Poser installs and uses Quicktime modules. they don't show up on Add/remove. since they are PART OF POSER! they are not installed as a media player but as a file handling routine. but if they go wrong they run home crying to mama which is Quicktime main. now, do you need subtitles for the hard of comprehension?

Attached Link: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/whyqt/

Oh, but you see people have stated they have problems if they uninstall Quicktime. I don't have it installed. Here's a quote from the Quicktime web site: "Hundreds of millions of users cant be wrong. Theyve chosen QuickTime to play back, create and deliver rich multimedia experiences."

since I've been using Quicktime (version 2) I've had no problems whatsoever with it. none. nada. zip. grabbing of file types? never happened. crashing? never happened. now, on the other hand, realmedia.. now thats a problem. grabs everything in sight, adware, hard to remove.. I'm sure ppl get the 2 mixed up.

Believe me, I don't get them mixed up. I make it a point not to have either of them installed. Oh, and Quicktime does have a habit of trying to take over as my media player. But then so do a few other programs, including those that came with my ATI video card. I just slap the offender, and run Windows Media Player in order to reinforce my wishes. I run Ad-Aware all the time.

now thats strange... it don't here. I installed it, told it it's to handle MOV files only and that was the end of it. infact I only see it when I play MOV files.. everything else gets shunted to Mediaplayer or Winamp, as I specify. anyway.. enough of this thread hijacking.. JetM, I'd reinstall Poser over the top of your current install. your're runtime will be untouched, all you are doing is resetting/rebuilding Poser and it's file assoc's.

I seem to recall reading a message that said installing the latest Poser 5 Service Packs took care of that problem. Beyond that, most likely Poser has a bad texture reference in there somewhere. JetM, did you change Poser so it would load a figure other than the "default Don" when it loads? If so, that might be your clue. Poser would be looking for a file that is not there. You might try running CorrectReference (free version here in free stuff) to see if it can find and fix a bad texture reference. If it's a geometry or other file, then CorrectReference Pro is the best fix.

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=1889241

JetM,running CorrectReferance "should" solve your problem. Many content makers have Poser installed on a separate drive or partition, which will create a bad reference for your concern. Your CD drive "D" is the HD "D" for someone else who made content that you are using. If when you get that error message you where to put a disk into your drive...Poser would go there and look for the texture first...won't find it...then go back looking elsewhere until it is found. CorrectReferance will edit all your files to point to the correct location/drive in the first place. As for QuickTime...... Poser was originally ported for older versions of the Mac OS, which uses QT for many display functions. Poser does not install QT only coding and modules to connect to QT. Poser no longer needs QT for display purposes, but the old original coding remains and now causes a conflict with newer versions of QT. See this thread (link)to ease your mind about uninstalling QT. SWAMP

wait wait wait... are we saying that Poser looks through all my content as it's starting up and checks the references? That's insane! Whatever for? But that would make sense that as my Runtime gets bigger, the startup gets slower. I swear it easily takes 5 min at least to just start. Why the heck does it check references at startup then again when I'm installing? Wait, it can't check everything at startup because I've then tried to install figures that had bad references. I'll try the CorrectReference route then. BTW, just having a CD in the drive took away the problem. Wonder how long it's been there? As I stated above, I've usually got a CD in there. (I'll just pass on by the QT debate...) Thanks to all!

JetM, you didn't know that? One issue of "common knowledge" and debate is the fact that Poser always tries to find all its referenced files as it starts, and when it is running. That includes textures and geometry files. Of course, the fallacy is a statement that "there is no need to fix references because Poser will find whatever it needs." Poser isn't going to find a texture that is not on your hard drive, but it will make a mess of things while it keeps looking. In your case, Poser creates a nuisance of itself, but shuts up if you put a CD in the drive. I suppose it doesn't matter what CD you use? You want to get Poser working properly with nothing to distract you. We should try to help you. That's what this community is about. All the debates and argument were totally unnecessary.

Bobbie, no problem with the debate. Actually, was kind of interesting to see the QT, uh, "discussion". Personally, I'm not really fond of the program, but I usually have it installed. As to the answer to your question, nope, it didn't matter what CD I used. I suppose I did know that it looked for referenced information, but it never stuck in my head. Plus, as I pointed out, it's not complete. I love Poser, I really do, but some of the things it does makes me want to pull my hair out. And I know I'm not along in that!

We assume it's a bad reference of some kind in Poser. I seem to remember something like that happening to someone else, and the person had to be sure and install the latest Poser 5 Service Pack. But I can't put my finger on the thread. I just try to help solve a problem, or hang on to see if someone else helps fix it then I move on. The ole memory ain't what it used to be! At any rate, the idea here is to attack one possibility at a time. Get the free version of CorrectReference, and let it do the work. See if that fixes the problem. If not, we'll look at the next possible cause or solution. Just as an aside, one day I was using my file manager, and mistakenly created a shortcut within Poser. After that everytime I ran Poser, it complained because it couldn't find whatever file the shortcut referred to. I fumbled with that one for awhile before fixing it because I didn't know what the shortcut referred to! It was just a fumble finger that caused the problem.