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Please Help, I'm Literally Wanting to cry

post #1 of 13
12/18/04 at 3:08am
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Please help me guys. My 8600 is not even detecting my CD-RW Drive anymore. When I put it in today, it doesn't recognize it exsists. I just bought hundreds of dollars worth of programs, and now i can't use them. I'm so desperate it isn't even funny!
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post #2 of 13
12/18/04 at 3:14am
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Originally Posted by vanados2
Please help me guys. My 8600 is not even detecting my CD-RW Drive anymore. When I put it in today, it doesn't recognize it exsists. I just bought hundreds of dollars worth of programs, and now i can't use them. I'm so desperate it isn't even funny!
Have you recently re-installed windows? If so, you may need to install the dell drivers. Make sure you have the right driver, too. Go to the dell website and download the latest drivers.

It may not be your drivers (and shouldn't be), so if that be the case, you may just need to backup your info and re-install XP. I have run into this many times and nothing helps except to re-install the OS.

Hope this helps
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post #3 of 13
12/18/04 at 3:27am
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I have tryed replacing the drive with my cousins 8600 Drive, it still says that it is corrupt. This sucks. (No, I haven't re-installed XP)
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post #4 of 13
12/18/04 at 4:15am
right click on my computer, click properties then click hardware, then go to your device manager, and find the cdrw drive and click uninstall, then reboot your system, thatshould work, if not reinstall the os again
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post #5 of 13
12/18/04 at 4:32am
Sounds more like a hardware issue than a software issue to me ! I pray for you that I'm wrong though Good luck man !
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post #6 of 13
12/18/04 at 6:30am
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Originally Posted by RMHOP81
right click on my computer, click properties then click hardware, then go to your device manager, and find the cdrw drive and click uninstall, then reboot your system, thatshould work, if not reinstall the os again
Definitely try this. Uninstall it and then Windows should reinstall it automatically upon restart.
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post #7 of 13
12/18/04 at 12:46pm
why don't you try a Iinux Live CD ( boots off cd then loads the OS in your ram)
to test your hardware? THis way you will know for sure if it a hardware fault or software.

DOwnload knoppix
www.distrowatch.com
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post #8 of 13
12/18/04 at 1:00pm
well then, looks like your computer is shot. Guess that one goes in the garbage :P

see if bios recognizes the drive, if not... then you may truly be screwed
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post #9 of 13
12/18/04 at 2:38pm
Try removing and then reseating the drive.
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post #10 of 13
12/18/04 at 2:45pm
Sounds like problem I have until I removed a bargain buddy(malware) off of my hard drive then the discs spins immediatly after locks are heard, look for a bargain buddy in Control Panel if you see one go find where it is in documents usually shared delete that, 'then' go to control panel and dispatch your bargain buddy back to cyberspace and don't foreget to grin when the discs player is working OK again.
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post #11 of 13
12/20/04 at 2:31am
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turns out it was a bad registry key or something, tech guy walked me through it
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post #12 of 13
12/20/04 at 2:24pm
Glad it worked out.
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post #13 of 13
12/20/04 at 2:31pm
yeah, always nice to hear of a happy ending.
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