CD-ROM

[Guest]

Help!! My CD-ROM will not read anymore! It used to work but now I cannot
even play a CD! The little green light comes on for a while and then goes
off! It appears to be reading the disk but then gives up! Then the pc tells
me that there isn't a disk in the drive.. Can anyone shed any light on
this..? Please..?

 

[Plato]

Help!! My CD-ROM will not read anymore! It used to work but now I cannot
even play a CD! The little green light comes on for a while and then goes
off! It appears to be reading the disk but then gives up! Then the pc tells
me that there isn't a disk in the drive.. Can anyone shed any light on
this..? Please..?

Boot to dos with a dos bootdisk, then try to read your cds, and see if
it's a windows problem or a hardware problem.

 

[Malke]

Help!! My CD-ROM will not read anymore! It used to work but now I
cannot even play a CD! The little green light comes on for a while and
then goes off! It appears to be reading the disk but then gives up!
Then the pc tells
me that there isn't a disk in the drive.. Can anyone shed any light
on this..? Please..?

It sounds like the drive has died. Try it in a different machine. If it
doesn't work, then you know the drive is toast and you should replace
it. If it does work, then try a known-good drive in your original
machine. If the problem shows up, you know the issue is on the
motherboard.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Seems I may have the same problem. Can you please explain where to find a
dosbootdisk? Do I just go to DOS? HELP! janetlee

 

[Allen M]

Try this link.
http://www.computerhope.com/boot.htm

 

[Tim Slattery]

Seems I may have the same problem. Can you please explain where to find a
dosbootdisk? Do I just go to DOS? HELP! janetlee

You can find a bootable floppy that includes real-mode CD-ROM drivers
(so you can read CDs in the DOS session) at www.bootdisk.com

 

[Trent©]

Help!! My CD-ROM will not read anymore! It used to work but now I cannot
even play a CD! The little green light comes on for a while and then goes
off! It appears to be reading the disk but then gives up! Then the pc tells
me that there isn't a disk in the drive.. Can anyone shed any light on
this..? Please..?

Try the CD in another drive.

Try the drive in another computer.


Have a nice one...

Trent

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[Trent©]

You can find a bootable floppy that includes real-mode CD-ROM drivers
(so you can read CDs in the DOS session) at www.bootdisk.com

YOUR post makes sense.

I was wondering how the OP was gonna read the cdrom with just a DOS
boot disk! lol


Have a nice one...

Trent

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!