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CD-RW/DVD drive is not working
Name: Rick D Date: April 3, 2003 at 10:39:38 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: PIII
Comment:
I have a Dell system running Windows ME. Recently, the CD drive stopped working. If I put a cd in the drive it says, "insert CD". I updated the driver and the firmware for the drive. Any ideas?
Name: wizardz Date: April 4, 2003 at 12:27:41 Pacific
Reply:
wellz... that's how my cdrom drive die on me.. Try booting up to dos prompt with cd option. And try reading the data on a cd to make sure it does read it from there... If it doesn't work, return it.. But if it's been awhile, i guess test it on another computer for last result... Good luck
Summary: Hi! I have a Toshiba Satellite 2805-S603 with an SD-R2002 CD-RW/DVD combo drive. Here's the problem - the computer thinks it's an ordinary CD drive - and won't play DVD's or write to CDR's or CDRW's...
Summary: the thing is i can't reinstall windows since my cd-rom drive is not working... any chance i can download a full winME from some place? I also think reinstalling windows will fix this... ...
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