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- My hard drive transformed into a cd rom drive
- After a brief restart, my hard drive has changed into a cd rom drive. If i try to run any programs on it, it tells me to insert a cd. Restarting the computer does nothing. Am i screwed?
- Tags: Consumer electronics, chris.m.schmitt@..., CD-ROM drive, CD-ROM, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-10-30
- HDD not found
- I'm working on a Dell 8100 Dimension w/ Pent 4 1.40 GHz processor Level 2 Cache 256 Integrated Bios Ver A06. I have created a diagft32.exe diskette to check the system drives. The CD drive fails and everything else I've tried doesn't work. ...
- Tags: robert.lumpkin@..., hard drive, CD-ROM drive
- Discussion threads 2007-10-08
- cd drive don't work after formatting hard drive
- I formatted my hard drive on my old computer making a boot disk first as directed. After formatting it will not recognize the cd drive so that I can reinstall my Windows 98se. Any ideas how I can make the cd drive work???Startup DiskA raw formatted drive has no...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, tbirdtom57, W98 Startup, CD-ROM drive, CD, startup disk, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-09-08
- Hard drive not recognizing the CD Rom
- I received this used rebuilt tower that looks like it has windows 98 on it and i want to upgrade to 2000 but when i boot up i get a dos reading of C:|>. a friend of mine told me that my hard drive is NOT recognizing the CD Rom...
- Tags: sugarbear641967@..., CD-ROM drive, CD, hard drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, CD-ROM, disk
- Discussion threads 2007-05-06
- Prolems recognizing CD player
- I am attempting to format and load Windows on a used hard drive that I have installed on my laptop (using a CD RW drive with a USB connection-I have tried using both Windows XP and Windows Vista installation disk with the same results) . I get a "no...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows, psychtester_Z, CD-ROM, USB, USB Booting, hard drive, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows Vista, CD-ROM drive, CD
- Discussion threads 2007-04-28
- CD ROM drive lost after installing an external hard drive
- After installing an ext. HD, it happened to be assigned in D drive which used to be a CD rom drive. I reassigned the HD to a different letter but do not know how to recover the CD ROM drive back to D. Please help. ThksIs device manager showing the...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, hard drive, titeo@..., CD-ROM, CD-ROM drive
- Discussion threads 2007-03-13
- CD ROM drive lost after installing an external hard drive
- After installing an ext. HD, it happened to be assigned in D drive which used to be a CD rom drive. I reassigned the HD to a different letter but do not know how to recover the CD ROM drive back to D. Please help. Thks
- Tags: windows, windows xp, software, CD-ROM, CD-ROM drive, hard drive, titeo@...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- Install 3rd hard drive in Dell 4600
- I'd like to install a 3rd hard drive into my Dell 4600. The hard drive I'm installing is a Western Digital IDE. It looks like I should be able to install 4 drives total. I'm confused about how to configure the primary/secondary and master/slave s
- Tags: hardware, don.winn@..., hard drive, cable, new Hard Drive, CD Drive, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-26
- Win 2k not seeing hard drives
- I scanned the forums and found similar postings - but I am running 2k, and my drives aren't visible at all. I will try the registry suggestions, and testing the IDE cable again... but I can't even boot from CD because it doesn't recognize the drives at all. So even...
- Tags: BIOS, cable, hard drive, machina40@..., power supply, Tech Q&a, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-07-27
- using of two hard disc
- procedure, how to configure/install, use a two hard discIf the disks are going to be on the same ribbon cable set the jumper on one to master, put the end of the cable on this one, set the second to slave, on the other connector of the ribbon cable. Format...
- Tags: cable, disc, hard drive, IDE, jumper, marlon_balido@..., motherboard
- Q&A 2005-03-17
- IDE Cable Problem
- My hard drive won't power on if I plug the IDE cable into the cd drive. I can run the computer without any cd drive, but I need to use the cd drive. I tried using a different IDE cable, but it still won't work.I generally use separate...
- Tags: cable, CD, CD Drive, hard drive, hardware, IDE, IDE cable, skullkrusher250@...
- Q&A 2005-03-17
- IDE CONTROLLERS
- IDE CONTROLLERSAfter five hours on this computer I am still getting nowhere. I put a new Seagate 40gig hard drive in it approx 2 months ago, it was returned to me yesterday due to explorer.exe error messages. I tried re-installing windows 98 but after installation same message. Formatted and resinstalled...
- Tags: BIOS, computer, hard drive, IDE, motherboard, shantie@...
- Q&A 2005-01-14
- cd room not support for window 98
- hihow can i install window 98 if my cd room is not support ?I assume that you mean that your CD drive is not supported when you boot from a W98 startup disk.If so:1. Have you tried booting from the CD itself?2. Try one of the alternate W98 startup disk...
- Tags: CD, CD Drive, hard drive, hieple12@..., W98 startup disk, window, windows
- Q&A 2004-11-30
- crashed computer
- I have a two year old Sony Vaio (pcg-grz630) with a Windows xp operating system. For the past two months it will shut down with no patterns of when or why. Two nights ago it shut down and will not boot back up. It simply states 'operating system not found'....
- Tags: active partition, chrismowsley@..., computer, Enter Key, hard drive, operating system
- Q&A 2004-11-04
- Installing Windows on a Thinkpad 760xl
- Installing Windows on a Thinkpad 760xl with a cdrom drive that isnt bootable within the bios, how is it done i have the HD formatted and ready to go start up disks from every windows work until it goes for the cd and there isnt a cd drive because its...
- Tags: cdrom, floppy disk, hard drive, IBM ThinkPad, Installing Windows, laptop computer, Thinkpad 760xl, vtec95si@..., windows
- Discussion threads 2004-10-12
- Use the System Recovery Utility to restore Windows 98 after a hard disk meltdown
- If you support Microsoft Windows 98 clients on your network, some of your users may have older hardware in their systems. Older hardware is more prone to failure; this especially applies to older hard disks—though even today’s reliable hard disks fail on occasion. How do you restore Windows 98 and...
- Tags: backup, CD-ROM, CD-ROM drive, disk, Greg Shultz, hard drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 98, System Recovery Utility, Windows 98 Startup Disk
- Technical articles 2003-02-13
- Get IT Done: Use the System Recovery Utility to restore Windows 98 after a hard disk meltdown
- Restore a Windows 98 computer with the System Recovery UtilityIf you support Microsoft Windows 98 clients on your network, then some of your users may have older hardware in their systems. Older hardware is more prone to failure, and older hard disks in particular—though even today’s reliable hard disks fail...
- Tags: Operating systems, Get IT Done, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows, startup disk, System Recovery Utility, Windows 98 Startup Disk, CD-ROM, CD-ROM drive, hard drive
- Technical articles 2002-11-11
Additional Resources
- CDSpace (exe)
- This emulator allows you to run almost any CD/DVD-ROM (not CSS-copy protected DVD)applications from your hard drive or network server. In your hard drive space, you can establish and access up to 23 different virtual CD/DVD-ROM drives. It works by creating image files of the CD/DVD-ROM 's content on your...
- Tags: Hard Drive
- Software downloads 2005-04-20
- cd rom drive
- I have a computer that used to be an office computer therefore no cd rom drive was in it and it used to run win.NT. I wiped the drive clean but I have a problem installing a cd rom drive that I bought .. Toshiba XM6102B. by the way...
- Tags: CD-ROM, CD-ROM drive, headsett@...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-08
- cd-do not known by system
- Hi: i am asking now my pc system do not known a cd-drive.all of my family inster a cd-in the pc and the massage said please insert cd . thank you! you have read this quations.Well it could be one of several things. If this is a...
- Tags: CD-drive, CD, CD-ROM, zel_f2005@..., CD Drive
- Q&A 2006-06-01
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