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November 20th 09, 10:10 AM
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Loss of CD reader/writer
The CD rom reader-writer of my PC HP Pavilion zd8410ea is not recognised
anymore by the system software. It is hence impossible for me to install any new software or read any data with my CD reader/writer. Can anybody help me to get my CD rom reader-writer properly installed again ? I am using Windows XP - Professional version Thanks in advance -- Greetings from Makassar 
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November 20th 09, 01:28 PM
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Loss of CD reader/writer
"Dirk Hauwaert" wrote in message
... Can anybody help me to get my CD rom reader-writer properly installed again ? I am using Windows XP - Professional version When we reinstal a hardware component that we know is prone to fail (e.g. any CD drive) with its own connection to the rest of the PC, trouble-shooting requires a proven sequence of tests, e.g. as provided in PC Help Desk in a Book (Que, 2003) starting with the capacity of BIOS to recognize drives as currently connected. Because we know CD drives nowadays are so cheap they are prone to failure, access to a second PC allows us to swap in the doubtful drive as a quick-and-dirty check whether it is in working order. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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November 20th 09, 01:28 PM
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Loss of CD reader/writer
"Dirk Hauwaert" wrote in message
... Can anybody help me to get my CD rom reader-writer properly installed again ? I am using Windows XP - Professional version When we reinstal a hardware component that we know is prone to fail (e.g. any CD drive) with its own connection to the rest of the PC, trouble-shooting requires a proven sequence of tests, e.g. as provided in PC Help Desk in a Book (Que, 2003) starting with the capacity of BIOS to recognize drives as currently connected. Because we know CD drives nowadays are so cheap they are prone to failure, access to a second PC allows us to swap in the doubtful drive as a quick-and-dirty check whether it is in working order. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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November 20th 09, 08:48 PM
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Loss of CD reader/writer
On Nov 20, 1:28*pm, "Don Phillipson" wrote:
"Dirk Hauwaert" wrote in message ... Can anybody help me to get my CD rom reader-writer properly installed again ? I am using Windows XP - Professional version When we reinstal a hardware component that we know is prone to fail (e.g. any CD drive) with its own connection to the rest of the PC, trouble-shooting requires a proven sequence of tests, e.g. as provided in PC Help Desk in a Book (Que, 2003) starting with the capacity of BIOS to recognize drives as currently connected. Because we know CD drives nowadays are so cheap they are prone to failure, access to a second PC allows us to swap in the doubtful drive as a quick-and-dirty check whether it is in working order. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Your response stating the CD drives are cheap is only "partial" true. CD / DVD drives are usually cheap for desktop / tower PCs. The HP Pavilion zd8410ea is a laptop. Laptop drives are "expensive!!!"
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November 20th 09, 08:48 PM
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Loss of CD reader/writer
On Nov 20, 1:28*pm, "Don Phillipson" wrote:
"Dirk Hauwaert" wrote in message ... Can anybody help me to get my CD rom reader-writer properly installed again ? I am using Windows XP - Professional version When we reinstal a hardware component that we know is prone to fail (e.g. any CD drive) with its own connection to the rest of the PC, trouble-shooting requires a proven sequence of tests, e.g. as provided in PC Help Desk in a Book (Que, 2003) starting with the capacity of BIOS to recognize drives as currently connected. Because we know CD drives nowadays are so cheap they are prone to failure, access to a second PC allows us to swap in the doubtful drive as a quick-and-dirty check whether it is in working order. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Your response stating the CD drives are cheap is only "partial" true. CD / DVD drives are usually cheap for desktop / tower PCs. The HP Pavilion zd8410ea is a laptop. Laptop drives are "expensive!!!"
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November 21st 09, 04:42 AM
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Loss of CD reader/writer
See if the following will help after you follow and implement the fix
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314060 -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Dirk Hauwaert" wrote in message ... The CD rom reader-writer of my PC HP Pavilion zd8410ea is not recognised anymore by the system software. It is hence impossible for me to install any new software or read any data with my CD reader/writer. Can anybody help me to get my CD rom reader-writer properly installed again ? I am using Windows XP - Professional version Thanks in advance -- Greetings from Makassar
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November 21st 09, 04:42 AM
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Loss of CD reader/writer
See if the following will help after you follow and implement the fix
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314060 -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Dirk Hauwaert" wrote in message ... The CD rom reader-writer of my PC HP Pavilion zd8410ea is not recognised anymore by the system software. It is hence impossible for me to install any new software or read any data with my CD reader/writer. Can anybody help me to get my CD rom reader-writer properly installed again ? I am using Windows XP - Professional version Thanks in advance -- Greetings from Makassar
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November 21st 09, 10:09 AM
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Loss of CD reader/writer
nIndeed, this cd read/writer is built in in the pc ! It is not something I
added later ! I tried to download the driver software from the HP website and got the following replies : "This is an upgrade of your driver" and thereafter the system answers : "Don't recognize device". In fact the problem started when I tried to install a modem to make Internetconnections through gsm. The installation software refuses to download on the pc. When returning to the computershop, it was found out that my CD/reader-writer was not anymore in the list of devices (C disk, E disk, F disk etc...) of my PC. When putting a dvd or CD i the reader, the yellow light flashes for some seconds and then nothing happens. -- Greetings from Makassar "smlunatick" wrote: On Nov 20, 1:28 pm, "Don Phillipson" wrote: "Dirk Hauwaert" wrote in message ... Can anybody help me to get my CD rom reader-writer properly installed again ? I am using Windows XP - Professional version When we reinstal a hardware component that we know is prone to fail (e.g. any CD drive) with its own connection to the rest of the PC, trouble-shooting requires a proven sequence of tests, e.g. as provided in PC Help Desk in a Book (Que, 2003) starting with the capacity of BIOS to recognize drives as currently connected. Because we know CD drives nowadays are so cheap they are prone to failure, access to a second PC allows us to swap in the doubtful drive as a quick-and-dirty check whether it is in working order. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Your response stating the CD drives are cheap is only "partial" true. CD / DVD drives are usually cheap for desktop / tower PCs. The HP Pavilion zd8410ea is a laptop. Laptop drives are "expensive!!!" .
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November 21st 09, 10:09 AM
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Loss of CD reader/writer
nIndeed, this cd read/writer is built in in the pc ! It is not something I
added later ! I tried to download the driver software from the HP website and got the following replies : "This is an upgrade of your driver" and thereafter the system answers : "Don't recognize device". In fact the problem started when I tried to install a modem to make Internetconnections through gsm. The installation software refuses to download on the pc. When returning to the computershop, it was found out that my CD/reader-writer was not anymore in the list of devices (C disk, E disk, F disk etc...) of my PC. When putting a dvd or CD i the reader, the yellow light flashes for some seconds and then nothing happens. -- Greetings from Makassar "smlunatick" wrote: On Nov 20, 1:28 pm, "Don Phillipson" wrote: "Dirk Hauwaert" wrote in message ... Can anybody help me to get my CD rom reader-writer properly installed again ? I am using Windows XP - Professional version When we reinstal a hardware component that we know is prone to fail (e.g. any CD drive) with its own connection to the rest of the PC, trouble-shooting requires a proven sequence of tests, e.g. as provided in PC Help Desk in a Book (Que, 2003) starting with the capacity of BIOS to recognize drives as currently connected. Because we know CD drives nowadays are so cheap they are prone to failure, access to a second PC allows us to swap in the doubtful drive as a quick-and-dirty check whether it is in working order. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Your response stating the CD drives are cheap is only "partial" true. CD / DVD drives are usually cheap for desktop / tower PCs. The HP Pavilion zd8410ea is a laptop. Laptop drives are "expensive!!!" .
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