Re: CDRom Failure

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Check Event Viewer for errors. Also check Device Manager for error codes and
or non-starting devices.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"BAP" wrote:
|I sort of inherited a Dell System using Windows 2000 Professional. I have
| dealt with Windows98 and know practically zero about W2000. Three CDs came
| with it:
| Operating System For Reinstalling Windows 2000 Professional Including
| Service Pack 1, Drivers and Utilities and WinDVD V.3.0 .
| I tried to connect a Sony's Digital Camera to one of the USB ports and the
| System attempted to configure the new Hardware, but could not locate a
| Driver. When I tried to use the Sony's CD with the appropriate Driver,
| nothing happened.
| My Computer showed The Drive as Compact Disk Drive D:
| Right clicking or clicking on it kept producing the display telling me to
| insert a disk in the Drive. I tried the OS CDs, but no go. Both Bios and,
of
| course, My Computer and the MS Explorer show the presence of the CDRom
Drive.
| Can anyone make anything of this?
| Incidentally, can you comment about the Supplied CD's, especially the
WinDVD
| V.3.0?
| Thank you!
| Pal
|
|


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