cdrom not working

[Guest]

I replaced the cdrom since I thought that was the problem. But with the
replacement, it's still not working. Now I've tried everything I could think
of as far as drivers, and updates, etc. Can't get it to work. I've had this
problem before with Windows 2000 Pro. - same issue. I had to format the
system and that fixed it. But there must be some way to fix this other than
having to format. Anybody know what to do here? Thanks

sanman

 

[Dan Seur]

Does the BIOS see the device?
Does Device Manager see it, and say anything about it?

With a detail-free problem description they ain't much else to say :-(

I replaced the cdrom since I thought that was the problem. But with the
replacement, it's still not working. Now I've tried everything I could think
of as far as drivers, and updates, etc. Can't get it to work. I've had this
problem before with Windows 2000 Pro. - same issue. I had to format the
system and that fixed it. But there must be some way to fix this other than
having to format. Anybody know what to do here? Thanks

sanman



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[Guest]

Yes BIOS sees the device and also in Device Manager. But it doesn't say much
about it. Says it's working properly. Also some of the options under the
drive properties is grayed out.
sanman

 

[Dan Seur]

Sorry, but "it isn't working" is too little info for me to help in any
meaningful way. Maybe someone else can infer what you're not saying or
engage you in a long series of questions about your system, what you've
done, and exactly what you're trying to do with what software. Good luck.

Yes BIOS sees the device and also in Device Manager. But it doesn't say much
about it. Says it's working properly. Also some of the options under the
drive properties is grayed out.
sanman

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[philo]

I replaced the cdrom since I thought that was the problem. But with the
replacement, it's still not working. Now I've tried everything I could
think
of as far as drivers, and updates, etc. Can't get it to work. I've had
this
problem before with Windows 2000 Pro. - same issue. I had to format the
system and that fixed it. But there must be some way to fix this other
than
having to format. Anybody know what to do here? Thanks

if you have it on your primary ide channel as slave
try it on the secondary as master
(or visa versa)