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Drive Select Message On Startup
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Drive Select Message On Startup
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 2:34 am
Posted by Andrew
(1 messages posted)
Hi I need some help !!
When I boot my laptop on windows XP it boots up ok but gives me a little box asking
me to select my CD/DVD burning device from the list but the list is blank !!
I also cant read/play any disks from my CD drive ... it looks as if the laptop is
not recognising my CD/DVD drive although there is power to it as the lights are working.
Please help its driving me mad !!
Any instructions need to be reasonably simple as I'm no computer expert !
Many thanks
Andrew
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re: Drive Select Message On Startup
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 2:58 am
Posted by alex
(2812 messages posted)
What does the Device Manager have to say about that?
Rtclick MyComputer\Properties\Hardware\Device Manager
- DVD/CD-ROM any red or yellow marks there?
On Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 2:34 am, Andrew wrote:
>Hi I need some help !!
>
>When I boot my laptop on windows XP it boots up ok but gives me a little box asking
>me to select my CD/DVD burning device from the list but the list is blank !!
>
>I also cant read/play any disks from my CD drive ... it looks as if the laptop is
>not recognising my CD/DVD drive although there is power to it as the lights are
working.
>
>Please help its driving me mad !!
>
>Any instructions need to be reasonably simple as I'm no computer expert !
>
>Many thanks
>
>Andrew
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re: Drive Select Message On Startup
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 4:05 am
Posted by chrisd
(5 messages posted)
Its pretty much U/s treat yourself to a new one sometimes they can be serviced and
cleaned but it isnt worth it.
On Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 2:58 am, alex wrote:
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>What does the Device Manager have to say about that?
>Rtclick MyComputer\Properties\Hardware\Device Manager
>- DVD/CD-ROM any red or yellow marks there?
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>
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re: Drive Select Message On Startup
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 5:18 am
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
While this problem is sometimes a bad drive, more often than not it is software related,
and your proposed "fix" does nothing but waste time and money.
On Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 4:05 am, chrisd wrote:
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>Its pretty much U/s treat yourself to a new one sometimes they can be serviced and
>cleaned but it isnt worth it.
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re: Drive Select Message On Startup
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 5:20 am
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
Determine if you have a bad drive by trying to boot from it with a bootable CD.
On Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 2:34 am, Andrew wrote:
>Hi I need some help !!
>
>When I boot my laptop on windows XP it boots up ok but gives me a little box asking
>me to select my CD/DVD burning device from the list but the list is blank !!
>
>I also cant read/play any disks from my CD drive ... it looks as if the laptop is
>not recognising my CD/DVD drive although there is power to it as the lights are
working.
>
>Please help its driving me mad !!
>
>Any instructions need to be reasonably simple as I'm no computer expert !
>
>Many thanks
>
>Andrew
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