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by amalgamesh

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Salutations,

I'm new to tech republic and I'm having an interesting issue with WINXP. I purchased an Emachines computer and stripped it (wiped the hardrive) so that I could install WIN2K, which I prefer to work with. As the computer was designed to run with WINXP, this proved to cause problems, and I've reinstalled XP.
My problem is that my CD ROM is malfunctioning. When I insert a disk, the computer will read it, display the volume label at the top of the window, but it will not display any of the files on the disk. I've tried using several disks with the same results.
If anyone knows what is causing this and/or how it can be fixed, please let me know.

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by thechas

I can't think of any reason why W2K should not run properly on a PC that can run XP.
What level of Service Pack did you install?
You may need SP3 or SP4 for the newer hardware.

So, this problem is with XP?

Did you re-install XP?

Or, did you restore the system using the Emachines restore disks?

Start by entering device manager.
Expand the IDE controller branch.
Delete ALL 3 IDE controllers.
Primary, Secondary, and main.

Close Device Manager.
Re-boot the PC.

If that does not fix it, run Windows Update and see if any drivers are recommended.

Chas

by curacao_dejavu

go to the website of the emachine , and see if you can download the seperate drivers for that brand of pc.

However I think it might be more of a hardware problem, cdrom laser is dirty or damaged, try with another (generic) cdrom.

Leopold

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