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  • May 7, 2003 at 12:45 pm #2305573

    CD-ROM won’t play

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    by itpro · about 19 years ago

    Hi there,

    I have dual boot PC with Win98 and WinXP. Two weeks ago, my CD-ROM drive disapperaed from Win98 and couldn,t be installed. Under WinXP it is recognized, and it will read the title of each CD I insert in drive, but won’t play/open it. I am not sure whether it has something to do with dual-boot, or it is unrelated.
    Any suggestions, anyone?

    Thank you

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    • May 7, 2003 at 1:59 pm #3359266

      CD-ROM won’t play

      by larryhyman · about 19 years ago

      In reply to CD-ROM won’t play

      cd rom drives are cheap now, throw your old one in the trash and buy a new one…..

      sorry for being crude…. but i’m sure this is the right answer….

    • May 7, 2003 at 7:11 pm #3359134

      CD-ROM won’t play

      by paw_blue · about 19 years ago

      In reply to CD-ROM won’t play

      Im sure that the wrong answer..
      Im quite sure you may find the cable at the rear of the cdrom is lose or slightly disconnected 😉 if this isnt the issue try one of those laser lens cleaners. this is a major part that is often forgotten in computers today 😉 I dont think it would be dual boot orientated. as they work seperately from each other 😉 I do take it that these operating systems are installed on seperate partitions?

    • May 7, 2003 at 7:11 pm #3359133

      CD-ROM won’t play

      by paw_blue · about 19 years ago

      In reply to CD-ROM won’t play

      Im sure that the wrong answer..
      Im quite sure you may find the cable at the rear of the cdrom is lose or slightly disconnected 😉 if this isnt the issue try one of those laser lens cleaners. this is a major part that is often forgotten in computers today 😉 I dont think it would be dual boot orientated. as they work seperately from each other 😉 I do take it that these operating systems are installed on seperate partitions?

    • May 7, 2003 at 11:58 pm #3359078

      CD-ROM won’t play

      by dmiles · about 19 years ago

      In reply to CD-ROM won’t play

      This may be an unrelated issue with dual boot
      First make sure that your cables are connected to the cd-rom properly,also check the cable from the cd-rom to your sound card is connected.

      Open the Device Manage and check the Controllers to seed iftheir is an exclamation mark,if os reinstall the software drivers for it

      Check the list for the cd-rom,you can then try reinstalling the software drivers

    • May 9, 2003 at 10:15 pm #3357572

      CD-ROM won’t play

      by colin_mendonca · about 19 years ago

      In reply to CD-ROM won’t play

      check all the cables of your cd-rom ,they must have got loose.check the device manager for any IRQ problem.
      try installing the drivers for the specific drive you have.This might work !
      might be you have replaced your cmos battery recently and forgt to do some changes in the cmos setup.
      if still there is a problem then try reloading the OS .

    • May 10, 2003 at 12:42 am #3357555

      CD-ROM won’t play

      by baashe13 · about 19 years ago

      In reply to CD-ROM won’t play

      did made any change to your hardware like adding another harddrive.
      Also try to boot cd_rom ist by change at he bios if that will work.

    • May 10, 2003 at 10:49 pm #3358510

      CD-ROM won’t play

      by infopoint · about 19 years ago

      In reply to CD-ROM won’t play

      Hmm . . . all these people heading to power problems yet the man said it will read the cd ? Sounds like the driver is the problem. In DOS, try to dir the cd drive. If it lists the cd contents but you can’t run anything from it – it’s the driver.

    • June 9, 2003 at 12:50 pm #3518627

      CD-ROM won’t play

      by itpro · about 18 years, 11 months ago

      In reply to CD-ROM won’t play

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