Guest MarkM Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 I think my CD-ROM is faulty. How can I verify? What can I do if it is?
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: XP CD-rom MarkM <RRaider57@msn.com> wrote: >I think my CD-ROM is faulty. How can I verify? Take a wild guess. > What can I do if it is? Take another wild guess
Guest Claymore Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: XP CD-rom On Aug 12, 9:02 pm, MarkM <RRaide...@msn.com> wrote: > I think my CD-ROM is faulty. How can I verify? What can I do if it is? Hello Mark, What makes you think it's faulty? What's it doing - or not doing?
Guest MarkM Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: XP CD-rom "Claymore" wrote: > On Aug 12, 9:02 pm, MarkM <RRaide...@msn.com> wrote: > > I think my CD-ROM is faulty. How can I verify? What can I do if it is? > > Hello Mark, > > What makes you think it's faulty? What's it doing - or not doing? > > I have tried to repair XP from the CD using its instruction and it does not respond as instructions say. 1) Start PC, 2) insert XP cd-rom 3) restart. Instructions indicate that this process will ask whether to repair XP. Mine does not >
Guest dobey Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: XP CD-rom "MarkM" <RRaider57@msn.com> wrote in message news:59674019-7646-49FC-AA88-7D05E6024AA7@microsoft.com... > > > "Claymore" wrote: > >> On Aug 12, 9:02 pm, MarkM <RRaide...@msn.com> wrote: >> > I think my CD-ROM is faulty. How can I verify? What can I do if it >> > is? >> >> Hello Mark, >> >> What makes you think it's faulty? What's it doing - or not doing? >> >> I have tried to repair XP from the CD using its instruction and it does >> not respond as instructions say. 1) Start PC, 2) insert XP cd-rom 3) >> restart. Instructions indicate that this process will ask whether to >> repair XP. Mine does not You need to set the CD-ROM as first boot device in the BIOS. Then, as the computer boots you need to press a key to boot from the CD-ROM when prompted by a message on the screen . You have a limited amount of time to do this. Windows will load setup files and, if your instructions are accurate, you will need to proceed a few steps into the setup procedure at which point you will receive a message that "an existing installation of windows has been found, do you wish to repair windows", or something to that effect. If I understand your intent you probably don't want the "Repair Console", so don't choose that option when offered. This is assuming the current installation is not corrupted beyond recognition. After you finish the repair you may need to reinstall service pack 2, and will probably need to install a few updates. Having said that, not all CD-ROM drives will boot, (older ones usually), but most do. If you have two CD/DVD drives put the disk in the drive set as master if they are connected via IDE cable.
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