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by hcyong

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I install a CD-ROM to my pc and i found out that it sometimes works and sometimes not. The cpu could not detect the cdrom, but sometimes, it did. What's the problem and how to fix it.
2. I can't install paintshop pro7 when i insstall the windowsinstaller. it said that it cannot create what temporary file and it's not a valid win32 file.

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by dmiles

First check the cable connections and make sure they are connected properly.Go to the Control Panel,double click on System icon,locate cd-rom and click on plus select the cd-rom and click the remove button,make sure that you have system disk to loadsoftware drivers,reboot system and let windows detect the hardware.
2)Either you are using a copied cd or the cd-rom is not reading the format of the cd because of cd-rom speed,meaning that the speed is slow to read cd.

by contra-heald

RIGHT CLICK ON MY COMPUTER, then click on PROPERTIES Click the PERFORMANCE TAB and see if your system is runnning in Dos compatability mode or if its configured for optimal perfomance.You dont want Dos Comp. mode this would mean that your CD-Rom's Driver is innstalled in The Dos directory and would give erratic performance to which you are experiencing.Also always install or uninstall programs through the control panels add remove programs this is the way programs were meant to be introduced tothe operating systems to be Win32 compatible.

by estebandelatorre

Both errors came from the same issue: Could not read CD rom info.
This is the most comonly issue of a "near to death" cd rom unit, no matter if it has a month or couple of years working.
If you can't buy a new one, try to disasemble it, find the lens and try to clean it avoiding touching any other surfaces.
If it is a very old unit, it should have a transparent rubber hiding the lens. As time goes by, the rubbers looses transparency resulting in a bad read. In this case, simply remove the rubber.

by csmith

On the recognition of the CDROM:
Swap the IDE Cable and put the CDROM on its own channel.
Some hard drives can interfere with CDROM recognition.
The second problem is a failing hard drive.
Check how many bad sectors are present.
Regards, Chris

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