| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 8/29/2006 8:01:46 PM | Okay....so I am completely stupid tonight.
I ended up re-installing XP, and in the process it deleted my cdrom drivers. So...I thought lets try the other cdrom....unplugged the one...plugged in the second one...NADA
I can't even get a light to come on ...with either one....when I start it up. Is it because of the drivers or did I do something wrong??? It has power and it has the 'ribbon' attached. It worked before having to re-install XP.
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 8/29/2006 8:43:21 PM | ^^^^^^But you're suppose to be Brilliant. Not enough information to go on really. WinXP should be able to detect your hardware. Did you simply re-install XP on top of the existing installation or did you do a Clean Install?? Installing on top of the old installation might FUK things up. A Clean Install would've required you to boot from the XP installation CD.
You could go to Administrative Tools/Computer Management and click on Device Manager to see if there is a Hardware Item called DVD/CD-ROM Drives. Also, click on Disk Management and check on the bottom pane for a list of mounted drives. Your HD is Disk0 and you should also see CD-ROM0. If CD-ROM0 is shown, right click on to and select Properties. In the General tab and at the bottom, Device Usage should be set to Enable.
I installed WinXP on a rather old PII computer and it didn't have any problems detecting the CD-ROM. | |
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 8/29/2006 9:07:27 PM | PNP
Your cd rom should have been detected automatically. If the light is not on it's a power issue rather than a detection issue. Are you sure the rom is getting power? Try another cable. Not sure why it would have malfunctioned when you re-installed but it sounds like you have no power.
You can check the status of the CD rom in the device manager. bring it up there and check if the drivers are working or not. | |
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 8/29/2006 9:29:31 PM | I managed to get the cdrom to work, using a different power cord. Now tho....(because it originally installed another copy of XP) I reformatted the drive using a win98 boot disk and fdisked. I have a copy of win98 cd with code...but can't find it...........(I have another one and the code is invalid.)
One thing after another...lol.
If anyone has a valid win98 serial #....I would be ever so grateful if you would share it. I also have a win2000 cd, but can't get it to install in DOS.
Isn't life grand?
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 8/29/2006 10:02:37 PM | ^^^^^^^BlondnBrilliant, not sure exactly what you're trying to do here?? First, you had WinXP installed and now it sounds like you got rid of it in favor of Win98. Why downgrade??? Then you throw in wanting to install Win2000. So which is it???? WinXP can't be install from a DOS prompt (already tried) and I would surmise Win2000 would be the same since WinXP is built on the Win2000 platform.
Are you trying to Multi-Boot your computer seeing that you're playing with FDISK which is a DOS based partitioning utility. If so, do a thread search for "Mulitple Operating Systems".
You're just not making much sense with this post  
By code, I'm thinking you mean the Win98 CD Product Key as I don't believe Bill Gates sells Windows with any type of Source Code. It's all in Binary Format. Although, I have a valid Win98 Product Key, I'm not sure how POF Mods would react to giving out such keys on a thread. | |
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 8/30/2006 1:59:18 AM | | go to the site of the manufacturer of your mother board, download the latest bios update and put it onto floppy disk, then obtain a hard drive erasure programme and totally wipe your hard drive clean. install the bios update onto your mother board via the floppy disk. re install windows. check the connectors coming from your psu to your cdrom, even swap to a different connector if you want. now reboot your pc, if your cdrom still isnt working it means your motherboard is fvcked and its time to buy a new one, stick to asus motherboards if you can | |
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 8/30/2006 6:11:52 AM | Yeah I'm also wondering what you're doing? You had xp installed, the cd rom was working and now you reformatted the drive and want to install 98 but can't?
Try to be more specific when describing your problem, it will make it easier to help you. | |
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 8/30/2006 6:23:08 AM | if CDROM has power but is not seen its possible you have your master-slave jumper config all screwed up.
If you look closely at back of CDrom and hard drv. there are little jumpers that require that have one set to master and one to slave.
Dont know your all config but if you have two ide cables best config is HD's on one and CD's on the other.
If CD and HD are on same IDE cable you will have slower HD speeds.
Anyway look at your master slave config..usually there is a small diagram on Cd and HD to show you settings.....if both on same IDE cable make HD master and CD slave. | |
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 8/30/2006 7:34:51 AM | Sorry for the confusion. Maybe I can re-state what's happened.
I had XP on the hd but wanted to reformat it. I am not too educated about XP and formatting hd's so I used my old standby - win98 boot disk and fdisked the hd.
I have now got power to the cdrom and it is working fine.
Thank you for your input.
OE I am sure mod's wouldn't allow posting of a product key, same as posting an address or phone number. Emails have worked well for me in the past. | |
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 8/30/2006 12:42:17 PM | So right now you don't need anything? I'm still confused...You wiped out XP, didn't have a product key for 98 but you say the cd rom is working fine now? How do you know if you don't have an OS on there? I'm still confused.
If you fdisked you didn't format. Fdisk is patitioning. You'd have to format after you partition. If you did that you can put the XP back in there an install it again. I don't know why you want to use 98? When you put XP back on there it will format it again since 98 is FAT and XP NTS so you I'm not sure why you did fdisk in the first place.
Okay, if you need anything more just ask. | |
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 8/30/2006 8:29:56 PM | ^^^^^^When the OP booted off the Win98 Startup Disk, the boot options allows for CD-ROM support with a nominal CD-ROM driver. I guess that's how the OP has the CD-ROM working without having install Win98. Some people make the mistake of believing that FDISK is Format, when it's not. It's just a deceptive name for a utility. FDISK sucks anyway.
I had XP on the hd but wanted to reformat it. I am not too educated about XP and formatting hd's so I used my old standby - win98 boot disk and fdisked the hd.
OP, it's time to educate yourself on WinXP because Microsoft no longer supports Win98 as of last June. The are many resources on using WinXP. Since you have a WinXP and Win2000 CD (with a valid Product Key, I assume), decide which OS you want to install and just go with that. You DO NOT need to boot from the Win98 Startup Disk to Partition and Format. You can't install WinXP from a DOS prompt anyway. Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD and follow the on-screen instructions. Yes, the WinXP CD is Bootable. WinXP Setup comes with Partitioning and Format utilities and you would be prompted at each step. When you reach the steps to Partition and Format, read the instructions very carefully. You would be asked whether to size each Partition in MB or use the entire HD as one large Partition. Afterwards, Format in the NTFS File System, unless you need the older FAT32 File System for whatever reason. If you have data you want to keep before doing all this, save it, but I don't think that's the case since you've Formatted twice already.
Installing WinXP in this way is called a Clean Installation as I mentioned previously. You need to make sure that the CD-ROM is the First Boot Device in the BIOS.
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 9/1/2006 12:51:23 AM | OP, If you decide to do a Clean Installation of WinXP, there is one thing I forgot to mention.
When you Boot from the WinXP CD, you will see a message "Press any key to boot from CD...". Remember, do this only once. Setup will restart your computer several times during installation and each time you will see the message "Press any key to boot from CD...". DO NOT "Press any key..." on restarts, otherwise you will interrupt the current installation process. Just thought I'd let you know.
There is an Installation Document on the WinXP CD that you should print-off on another computer that would help you alot. Good luck. | |
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 9/1/2006 11:12:18 AM | Thanks very much for the info. I am going to copy and paste it to a word doc and then print it off for my records.
I have learned I have a bad boot sector virus in my other partition. Xp and 2000 will not install at all - I get the blue screen which talks about a virus. I have managed to install on the C drive only win98 in an attempt to upgrade it to XP or 2000 with no luck. They both quit installing part way through.
I will be attempting to clean the hard drive using an erasing utility.
Thanks again! | |
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| CDROM probs ~ no power
Posted: 9/1/2006 11:02:58 PM | You have more than one Partition on your HD?? It sounds like (because of this Boot Sector virus), you can install Win98 but then can't upgrade it to Win2000 or WinXP, is that right?? If so, don't upgrade. Upgrading an OS installation has always been less stable than a Clean Installation because while upgrading may preserve most of your Windows settings, it also preserves all the flotsam that have accumulated in the OS over time. As I said, when you do a Clean Install, you're booting off the CD (not HD), so any Boot Sector virus on your HD should be destroyed when you reach the Partitioning and Formatting steps. | |
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