Can you still boot from the CD with the XP disk. If not then it may have
developed a fault and need replacing. If you can boot from the CD then look
in device manager in windows and see if the CDROM device is working
properly.
Neil
RE: System hangs on cold power up in Windows XP Pro ... your hardware and download and update their drivers. ... doing this would be to first try and boot into safe mode. ... keyboard and mouse in the device manager and reboot the system and check to ... and the problem I am referring to does not happen on a restart.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
Re: pointer,videos,games etc.pause every 2 or 3 secounds (sp2?) ... >>> boot up, make sure you have the problem. ... > Go to Device Manager again. ... This appared before the "fix" but not after.I thought I had checked out ... If I try to trouble shoot it before the fix I git the not responding ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Windows XP can no open CD in CDROM. ... In Device Manager, please select the CD Rom and look to see the Error message there. ... And set your boot to boot from the CD-rom before the ...windows show message: ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Annoying Found New Hardware window ... the reference to the hardware from ...Device Manager... EVERY time I boot up the PC, I get a window that says, "Welcome to the ...installation CD or floppy disk, ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
Re: Motherboard swap ... Chances are high the system will boot, but you'll end up with a long list ... of "Phantom" devices in Device Manager....Seagate 120GB IDE vs Seagate 80GB IDE ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
