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- Doorkeeper (exe)
- Doorkeeper is a program for making opening and closing CD-ROM drives easy. It requires only one mouse click to open the CD drive. Most important features are these: skinable interface, translations, can handle up to 2 devices at a time, auto close CD-ROM, multi user environment, Hot Keys support, CD...
- Tags: CD, CD-ROM, CD-ROM Drive, Hane Creations, Doorkeeper
- Software downloads 2007-03-26
- Eject Widget (widget)
- Eject Widget is a free and simple Eject Button for your CD rom drives on a Windows PC. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: CD-ROM Drive, Windows PC, Eject Widget, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-11-08
- My computer turns on, cd drives open and close, but nothing on the screen!!
- Okay, so my computer turns on , drives open and close, nothing comes up on the screen, im going crazy, i've tried multiple video cards, and monitor works on lap top. HElp!hmmdoes it post?
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, wakeboarderdc12@..., computer, CD-ROM drive
- Discussion threads 2007-11-14
- DVD drives show up as CD drives when DVD discs are in them.
- I have two DVD drives an NEC DVD+/-RW ND3530A and an HP DVD Writer 640c. Both drives appear as DVD drives in Windows Explorer until you put a DVD disc in them when they turn into/show up as CD-ROM drives.I've "uninstalled" them using Device Manager, scanned for hardware changes and...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, OnTheRopes, CD, DVD-drive, CD-ROM drive, disc, DVD disc, DVD
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- CD drive failure linked to MS Vista
- Could Vista be a contributing factor on why certain CD drives suddenly die?I hate Vistais it on the HCL for Vista?http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/Default.aspx?m=v btw: I will never upgrade a machine to Vista. I'll order a new machine but only if all the parts are on the HCL.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., avguy49@..., Microsoft Windows Vista, HCL, CD-ROM drive, CD
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- DVD drive shows as cd rom drive
- My DVD drive shows in the root directory as a cd drive when I insert a DVD. When the PC first boots it shows as a DVD drive. If I put in a disk it just spins continuously. I have read in several places Roxio can cause problems but I...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, CD-ROM, squash1909@..., DVD-drive, CD-ROM drive
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- 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 Drives dont work!
- I have two cd drives on my desktop. Up to last week they worked fine. Now the computer will not recognize them. In the Device manager they are there with the Yellow ! and say that the drivers are corrupt or missing. When i go to...
- Tags: atodman@..., CD-ROM drive, CD
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- GX110 CD drive
- I recently got a Dell Optiplex GX110 computer so I can convert it to a Linux box. It has a Pentium 3 processor. It came with no CD drive, so I inserted one.My question is, how do I get it to recognize the drive?Things I've tried:- BIOS drive settings- Add...
- Tags: BIOS, Network technology, themaestroofemail@..., cable, CD-ROM drive, CD, IDE
- Discussion threads 2007-09-22
- Booting from cd drive
- Just bought a used laptop and it will start to the Toshiba logo and attempt to load windows and then quit. I need to boot it from the CD drive so I can load some repair software, but it is not giving me the option to boot from CD. What...
- Tags: jt_dewa@..., CD-ROM drive
- Discussion threads 2007-09-12
- 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
- laptop... it just has some minor issues but are creating a big problem
- so my problem is i got my laptop from a friend of mine a while back. I dident intend for him to keep it so thats what he did. he took it by telling me that he would fix it... i should have known better. When i left it with...
- Tags: benjamin1254@..., CD-ROM drive, USB, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-09-08
- my cd drive runs slow
- when i use my cd drive to play cds or install a program it slows my pc down to a near stop also when playind music cds they dont play propely its slow and jumpy has enyone got a solition ????how is your anti-virus, anti-spyware protectiondo you see similar behavior...
- Tags: fpsgod@..., CD-ROM drive
- Discussion threads 2007-09-05
- my cd drive runs slowly
- when i use my cd drive to play cds or install a program it slows my pc down to a near stop also when playind music cds they dont play propely its slow and jumpy has enyone got a solition ?????
- Tags: fpsgod@..., CD-ROM drive
- Discussion threads 2007-09-05
- CD-ROM Drive Missing from windows xp
- I have a Sony VAIO PCG-Z1VA laptop that has recently lost the CD-ROM drive from MY Computer, Device Manager, and Disk Management. The BIOS says Secondary IDE - NONE. However, I recently completed a System Recovery from the Sony recovery DVD so the Hardware obviously works from boot....
- Tags: Consumer electronics, foughtrl@..., system restore, Device Manager, CD-ROM drive, CD-ROM, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- Can not see the CD Drive
- Windows can not start this Hardware because it's configation info. is in the registory is incomplet or Damaged. Code 19Can I get a cure for this.
- Tags: stan_reder@..., CD-ROM drive, CD
- Discussion threads 2007-08-11
- CD-ROM drive not recognized, error code 19
- I recently was servicing a dell pc and the cd was visible in the device manager, but with the yellow "?" indicating to me there was a problem. When I attempted to un-install then re-install I was unsucessful at accessing the drive. Once again I got the "error code...
- Tags: stevenpmarks@..., error code, CD-ROM drive, CD-ROM
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- linking two laptops
- Looking to link two laptops together so I can load sopme of my software onto my slimline laptop that does not have a cd rom drive.I have a Compaq presario with cd romm and a Toshiba R100 without a cd rom, can someone please help.Mini-Network with CrossoverAfternoon, The previous reply...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Ethernet, Network technology, charlesvanriper@..., computer, CD-ROM drive, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- Problems With CD Drives
- I have had an ongoing problem with the two CD drives on an HP Pavilion I am using. They only seem to read a disc's contents the first time a disc is inserted, and do not refresh with subsequent discs. Sometimes the only way to get the drives to read...
- Tags: jeffreymgeorge@..., CD-ROM drive, disc, CD
- Discussion threads 2007-07-27
