Topic: Troubleshoot OS WinMe, CD won't run. (Page 1 of 1) |
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Maniac (V) Inmate From: The Land of one Headlight on. |
![]() Operating system is WinMe. In a nutshell, the CD player won't spin up. But it did. The problem surfaced after I reinstalled ME from a folder on the HDD. There were no problems with the installation. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
![]() Tell your friend he's using the worst OS in the history of the universe. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Madison, Indiana |
![]() It sounds like a hardware problem. The Device Manager only checks the driver (a software component of the OS). Since you say that neither Windows or DOS is seeing the disk in the drive, I would suspect the hardware. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: The Land of one Headlight on. |
![]() ^ Rebooted yes. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Milky Way |
![]() Problems in those versions of windows can sometimes be fixed by deleting the troublesome device in the control panel system settings' device list. Then re-add it using the latest drivers. And update the firmware, if any. Use ( www.belarc.com ) to check on the drive's model. |