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Hi guys, first time poster here, sorry it had to be such a pain in the ass, and i apologize if its something really stupid and im just dumb....
my friend called and asked me could i go have a look at his e-system 3807 g335 series laptop (win xp intelm420 1.6ghz, 256 mb ddr2 ram, 40gb sats hard drive + perfectly functioning dvd rw drive)
i had a look, and my god, he had downloaded so much malware, and fake programs disguised as virus scanners, and firewalls, that werent actually functioning as their names would have suggested, i checked all the drives before i started, no conflicts and functionag VERRRRY slow but operable, and all visible in device manager with no conflicts, I uninstalled a few of the programs (none related to dvd or cd functionality), rebooted and the dvd drive had disappeared from Device manager and My Computer yet the drive opened and closes and i can hear the cd spinning.. first, opened regedit to delete lower and higher filters, but they werent there, so i download cdgon.zip , a popular xp patch, tried those, rebooted and no joy again, So i checked the bios and lo and behold...NOT THERE!!! set bios settingfrom auto to cd/dvd rom and it failed... I've tried everything i know guys, been surfing and reading for 14 and a half hours straight and found nothing that has worked..
If I'm honest guys, i'm worried ive screwed up my friends laptop, and i need to know i've tried everything possible.... If i have then i'm giving him the money to replace the laptop coz it's outta warranty :(
Thank you in advance guys... i know how much of a pain in the ass is must have been to read all this ;)
Brendan
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