Re: CD Drive Not Working

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Rick - I did what you told me to do and it worked. Thanks. Now I have
another problem - the new PhotoShopPro program I just got will not completely
load onto the computer. It loads all the way to 100% but just before it is
suppose to complete, I get the message that there was a problem and the
program backs itself down. Is it still my computer?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

Then the proper steps to take are the ones I already mentioned.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"BoBar" <BoBar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Disk does not show up in windows explorer or disk manager. It does show
up
in device manager and says it is working properly.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

I understand that. What I'm asking is can you see the optical drive in
Windows Explorer? Device Manager? Disk manager?

Whether or not it appears in each of these tools can help define exactly
where the problem lies. In the meantime, you might try the resolution
steps
here, described in method 2 (it's the same in Vista as in XP):
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/314060

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"BoBar" <BoBar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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ok, lets try this again. Last week when I put a disk into the cd drive
it
worked. Today I put a disk in the drive and I get nothing. The cd
drive
starts to run but then stops. There are no third-party installing
software
that I know of. The only thing I did was to delete my old copy of
COrel
photo suite to install the new Paint Shop Po Photo x2 which I got
today.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

Doesn't show up where? Windows Explorer? Device Manager?

Do you have any third party burning software installed?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"BoBar" <BoBar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Last week my CD drive was working perfectly. Today I inserted a
disk
(which
I have used before) and the drive doesn't work, it doesn't even show
up.
Have I done something? Or is Vista messing me up. What should I
do?






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