Re: DVD and CD-ROM drives no longer read/write

From: Mike D (ldouglas29_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/13/04

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    E-mail me and I'll help you reinstall it.
    Mike D
    "Marni B" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:8d7901c40492$c83eed40$a101280a@phx.gbl...
    > Out of the blue (no changes made to programs or hardware),
    > my Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1202 drive and my TDK CD-RW241040B
    > drive have both stopped playing DVD or data CD-ROM disks -
    > I can listen to audio CD's on both, but this is the only
    > type of media disk that either of my drives recognize.
    >
    > I have called Dell as well as TDK, and both told me I need
    > to re-install Windows 2000, but I'm afraid to do this as,
    > 1) I'm afraid that once I remove Windows, I'm not going to
    > be able to re-install due to being unable to read
    > install/data disks from either of my drives, and, 2) I'm
    > not sure where all my other program CD-install disks are
    > right now...
    >
    > Does anyone know what I can do to fix this problem besides
    > re-installing my operating system? Is there a way to try
    > to identify which operating files have been corrupted/are
    > missing, and try to solve the problem this way?
    >
    > Thanks very much - Marni


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