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| 198693 | 2003-12-09 05:11:00 | i'll try to keep this brief - O\S WIN98 - unexpectedly i had no cd drive, no icon in either explorer or my computer - the thing still works but there's no recognitiion and no action on screen - tried a few things to no avail so off to the shop where the suggestion was "have it done in no time" - half a day later, no luck and they wanted to reformat as a last resort with no guarantee of success - they'd done everything techs do i spose and reckoned there was a software problem (???)- well i could do that so exasperated i took it away - the drivers for the hardware are in windows and i've reloaded but still nothing - don't suppose anyone can help can they? - but another query, isn't there another way to open a cd? like in DOS? or ??? - i close in hope! | jayal (1291) | ||
| 198694 | 2003-12-09 05:18:00 | Did they try another CD drive? Sometimes it is the simple things or the glaringly obvious that escape the net. You could also reinstall W98 without the need for a reformat if they think some files are missing. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 198695 | 2003-12-09 06:53:00 | yep! reinstalled W98 and there's nothing wrong with the drive it's a software fault - the files are there | jayal (1291) | ||
| 198696 | 2003-12-09 08:37:00 | How do you know there is nothing wrong with the drive? Has it been checked as working in another computer? Has another known good drive been checked in your computer? Has the cable been changed? How was win 98 reloaded if the CD isn't working? Try making a DOS boot disk with CD rom drivers and see if you can operate the CD from that, or alternatively, see if your computer will boot from the W98 CD, which it should be able to do . Don't forget to set the boot order in BIOS to CD\floppy\C: just in case it is picky about floppy/CD/C: If you are rebooting between attempts, do a full shutdown, not a restart as everything is not necessarily reset fully, even with a hard reboot . Computers can be pernickity things sometimes . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 198697 | 2003-12-10 08:55:00 | sorry for delay but i work out of town and only get to go online at odd intervals - i guess the answers to the q's would have to be yes seeing a computer repair shop was involved but frankly i was disappointed with their results and answers, anyway i gather they reloaded through DOS hence the original q - will try your suggestions on friday - thanks anyway so far and i'll be in touch again, cheers | jayal (1291) | ||
| 198698 | 2003-12-12 08:37:00 | to the help offered i thank you - would you believe it was as simple as locating the "NoIDE" registry entry and deleting it? - apparently W98 develops a bug then doesn't recognise the cd drive (or something like that) deleting that entry fixes it | jayal (1291) | ||
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