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Posted by BigJim on September 19, 2006, 12:02 am
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you could try uninstalling the cdrom in the device manager and reboot it
might come back but it sounds like the drive is bad. just a guess
>I have a Dell Inspiron 4000 that I got for free. When I got the
> computer, I was told that the only thing wrong with it was a
> "flaky" hard drive. Up until this point I have had little
> to no trouble with the HD, however, I can't get the cd-rom drive to
> work, at all. Windows XP recognizes that there is a cd-rom drive,
> but fails to see a cd in the drive. When you put a disc into the
> drive it shows the cd icon for half a second then disappears,
> forever, or until you put another cd in. I've tried uninstalling the
> drive, and reinstalling, I've tried Windows update. I can't figure it
> out....any ideas other than to walk my happy lil ass to best buy and
> get a new rom drive?
>
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