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Cd rom drive disabled

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Name: PRASAD
Date: November 5, 2002 at 21:45:47 Pacific
OS: windows 2000
CPU/Ram: pentium 266 mhz
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When I tried to install external CD writer on my toshiba laptop, it disabled the CD ROM drive and now I am not able to use the CD ROM drive. Could anyone suggest how I can enable the CD rom drive to start functioning.
thanks



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Name: pk
Date: November 6, 2002 at 00:57:17 Pacific
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Pls try to install your CDROM-drivers.
I think your CDROM is external CD,
Nomally Windows is auto check new devcies.


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Response Number 2
Name: wawadave
Date: November 6, 2002 at 09:07:12 Pacific
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hello
go look in device manager and look for yellow ! or ? or red x,s and look to see if any of these have to do with i/o irq ,s and try to reasigh them to unused ones. if device manager wont let you try from bios.
allso do what sujested above first.


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