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stinkee2
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_ 		9. March 2008 @ 11:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have a windows xp service pack 2 and the dvd and cd-rom drives do not read the discs... I CAN HEAR THE DISKS SPINNING BUT IT NEVER LOADS i go into my computer and click on the dvd icon and it says "please insert a disk into drive E:" and when i click on the CD-R drive it opens but there are no files at all on the cd but when i put it into my laptop it works fine can somebody help me please
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ZoSoIV
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_ 		9. March 2008 @ 13:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try uninstall the drive and the IDE channel in device manager reboot and let windows reinstall it . also have you tryed a firmware update?

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/260038

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php
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_ 		20. March 2008 @ 03:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
im not sure if i understand the queation exactly. i think what ur asking is how to get a windows xp sp2 disc to boot in ur pc so u can reformatt. if so u will have to pay attention to ur boot screen and go into ur bios and set it to boot from ur cd/dvd drive first.
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stinkee2
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_ 		20. March 2008 @ 15:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
na its just that the computer does not rad cd's at all.. the cd drive works fine but its the computer
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_ 		21. March 2008 @ 04:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ZoSoIV:
 try uninstall the drive and the IDE channel in device manager reboot and let windows reinstall it . also have you tryed a firmware update?

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/260038

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php


^^ any joy ^^ ??? is the cd an original ?
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Nothing here to see, move along folks.

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