CD drive no longer works with xp

[Tanner31593]

hey,


I recently installed windows xp sp1 (id get sp2 if i didnt have dial up) on my brothers old barebone kit,

but now it doesnt work,


it shows up in my computer and under device manager it says E-ide cd rom drive 50x max,


but when a cd is inserted,

the little wait hourglass appears and it seems to boot,
but it doesnt,
and when you click on it in my computer it says please insert a disk in drive e, although there is a working disk.



help appreciated,

Tanner.

[Yoga]

hmmm - now it doesn't work, did it work before?

[lynx]

How did you install XP if the drive isn't working?

[david02]

the cd could not be good ennough for the cdrom player . try another one.. Maybe this is insulting but I do not know anything else to advice :)

hmmm , wait I came up with something ...try it in DOS using a bootdisk with cdrom support and try if you can access a cdrom that way. (windows 9x bootdisk is fine too) It is not a solution for your problem yet but then you know the cdrom drive is ok and it is something in windows that is wrong

www.bootdisk.com has images for startup diskettes

if you are not familiar with dos please me know

btw if

[manofstyle]

Can't tell if this would help you withour more info, but you could try a firmware update to the CD drive.

[Tanner31593]

ok,
i tried the gateway os disk that i installed windows xp with and restarted and it didnt boot!
i was suprised to be honest,
i mean it worked obviously cuz thats how i installed windows xp!!

weird.

ill be able to get the model name later, (i look in belarc and it just says "E-IDE CD ROM DRIVE 50X MAX") but ill get the model name off the drive later.

[Tanner31593]

okay i have another problem,

i have an oldie gateway e-4200
((p3, 600mhz, 384mb ram, 12gb hd, winxpsp1)
and it was hit by lightning,
a new power supply and a modem later its back.

but with the modem,

i first but in a creative modem blaster but cuz of lack of drivers i put in a gateway modem that came with another gateway computer,

and it detected the new hardware and got the drivers (("Gateway Data Fax Modem")
and when i start aol it prompts me to update my connection (hensing it detected a change), and it doesnt dial.....or make any sounds at all.

as you can see,
i have a lot of problems.....................................






and my computers do too.

[lynx]

This one's easy.


when i start aolThere's the problem.

[Tanner31593]

so if i reinstalled aol would that help?

ill try it.


ok new dilemma;

when i bought a gateway computer new in 2000,
it came with the works suite disks (8 total), and the system restore disks, and all that stuff,
it was all stored in a little gateway cd holder, just like the zipper kind,

and when i tried to install word 2000, it asked for a key,
well theres no sticker that has a key on it..............

[lynx]

Can't help with that one.

However, I believe some systems came with the keys already installed. If you re-installed XP (or W2K) without using the system restore disks you would lose that info.

This is one of the reasons why I would NEVER buy a system that use system restore disks.

Anyway, just dump the Works disks and download OpenOffice.org, it's far superior and it's free.

[Tanner31593]

ok i replaced the cd rom drive and everythings okay now..........
thanks everyone.

i wonder how it ended up not working.......
but oh well.

if i knew how to close this thread i would,

but i need to start a new thread so u should go there............