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September 30th, 2003, 11:03 AM
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another cdrom prob...
one of our laptops's cdrom cannot be detected by win98 bootdisk, so how can we install windows and how can we enable the cdrom device...
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September 30th, 2003, 08:38 PM
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are you able to boot from CD, most laptops can and the 98SE CD is bootable 
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October 2nd, 2003, 11:25 AM
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i can't because the cdrom cannot be detected...
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October 2nd, 2003, 12:06 PM
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Just another guy
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You don't need the boot disk to boot from the cdrom. Just put in the cd and restart the computer, after making sure your bios is set to look for the cd during the boot up.
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October 3rd, 2003, 11:30 AM
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to karsh44:
there is a problem, bios does not show cdrom... only avalaible boot devices are HD and FDD.. my guess(wild) is maybe lost cdrom drivers... is there such a thing as default cdrom drivers? maybe by installing cdrom may be found...
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October 3rd, 2003, 12:26 PM
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If the bios doesn't recognize it then the chances are it is broken.
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October 3rd, 2003, 10:17 PM
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bad cable/bad controller either motherboard or cd drive/ and as mentioned above bad drive all together/ check the power supply lead to make sure it has power.
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October 4th, 2003, 11:31 AM
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i guess it's time to send it in for checking hehehe
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October 4th, 2003, 11:33 AM
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Yep.
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October 5th, 2003, 11:03 AM
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to Known_criminal:
power's ok, i can still open/close the cdrom... maybe it's the drivers... is there such a thing as a generic cdrom driver? you know, for general cdrom drivers... etc
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October 5th, 2003, 03:36 PM
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if the bios dont see it a driver wont fix it, may try clearing the cmos and redetecting the drive. is it on the same cable as the hard drive? or is it on a controller of it's own?
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October 5th, 2003, 07:56 PM
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Known_criminal: it's a laptop... don't think you can really tell
wyldKard: drivers are used by the operating system to help it communicate to the hardware. It doesn't have any relevance in this situation. What speed is this laptop or when was it made. Some of the older BIOS systems didnt detect CD-ROM drives or allow booting off them.
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October 5th, 2003, 10:24 PM
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ehhehe
hmmm late 90's i think heheh... i can't find the manual maybe 97-98 sanyo winkey
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October 8th, 2003, 11:20 AM
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check the board manufacturer's website for bios updates?
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