my old system is running win 95 and my cd rom isnt workin, there is an icon in my computer for it but when i try to use it, it says device isnt ready or something like that......what do i do? any help would be appreicated.

replace the cdrom. that one went south

If this happens with a number of data CDs ( there by ruling out dirty or damaged CD; if only one Disc is available, cleaning its non-labeled surface of the using a soft clean cloth (Not paper whose fiber may scratch)from center to the edge in a radial manner (NOT circular wiping)] and if it is unlikely from a dirty Optical Lens of the CD-ROM drive [If a dirty Lens is suspected cleaning it with a CD-ROM drive cleaner Disc to rule that out must be done] the most likely cause,especially if no one has opened the case, [and caused disconnected or lose cables) the most is a dead CD-ROM drive. The obvious treatment is Replacement with a new one.

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awesome, thats for the help maybe yall can answer this, i was told to run the cd rom as slave over master, is there a diffrence, what are the pros and cons of each

ok so i take the older cd rom out of a slow old computer and try to install it, it works fine but still theres no icon in my computer and i get a punch of promts that say drive not found mscd001 set ctcm=C:/win set blaster=A220 15 D1 T4 im lost, what do i do?

All Disks Include Universal CDrom Drivers http://www.mirrors.org/archived_software/www.bootdisk.com/original.htm www.deltacdrom.com/driver.htm