floppy disk cdrom have a common/similar operation,
both require a external object to be inserted that then is picked up by a
spindle, aligned with the read/write heads, spun and read
If the pc were dropped, or otherwise shocked the heads could be out of
alignment
If the pc were kept in a dirty environment dust n dirt could enter the slots
and mask the read/write heads
the spindles may have enough dirt that the disk.cd is not centered properly
so the tracks do not pass over the heads
stepper motors burn out dust in bearings changes rotational speed
often a can of compressed air is only needed
--
-
Adaware
http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot
http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus
http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Super Antispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Panda online AntiVirus scan
http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Cool Web Shredder
http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
_
"Brad" wrote in message
...
Hi,
My cousin asked me to repair his Compaq Presario 1060 laptop (Windows
95)
which developed two problems at the same time!!!
One of the two problems has to do with the floppy disk drive which
suddenly has trouble reading floppy disks. The other problem (started
around
the same time as the floppy drive problem) has to do with the CD rom
drive.
That too has trouble reading CD rom files!!! Note: Using it's external
power
supply, which I had tested under load (AOK), the problems still exist.
Note: This laptop was not damaged by a storm.
The hard disk drive works just fine. Is there something that could
have
effected both the floppy drive and the CD rom drive, but not effect the
HDD?
Thanks in advance, Brad
Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.