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| Thread ID: 35825 | 2003-07-22 11:16:00 | D drive gone missing | Mucous (1121) | Press F1 |
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| 162064 | 2003-07-22 11:16:00 | Hi there, periodically i find on boot up my D drive ( ie CD drive) is simply not there. Tonite i went to burn a backup CD and of course no go :( This has happened before, but ususally reppears on rebooting, not tonite. I am a simpleton, so need simply explained help, please. |
Mucous (1121) | ||
| 162065 | 2003-07-22 12:01:00 | There is a possabilty that one end of the cable is slightly loose. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 162066 | 2003-07-22 12:38:00 | if its external check the power connections as well as usb connector yes it does sound like a loose connection | beama (111) | ||
| 162067 | 2003-07-22 20:29:00 | No guys its internal and has no obvious loose connections. | Mucous (1121) | ||
| 162068 | 2003-07-23 01:29:00 | What O.S do you have & does it always see the CD-ROM/RW Drive in the BIOS on startup? | kiwistag (2875) | ||
| 162069 | 2003-07-24 04:26:00 | And what make of drive is it? My disappearing D: drive (which I just replaced in the end) is an Atapi. OS Win XP Pro - but I don't think that would make any difference. Your CD drawer doesn't open and shut by itself, does it? Argus |
argus (366) | ||
| 162070 | 2003-07-24 05:23:00 | Hi Mucous, The replies you get re disappearing D drive are on the right track and in my experience - was pure and simply a broken wire in the 40 odd in the cable to the drive- the loose connection you say is not so- but this broken wire certainly was - and one could not see it - new cost about $10 effie c |
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