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DVD player installation with Windows 98SE
I bought a used Dell laptop with Windows 98 SE installed. Somehow the DVD
player stopped working and the DVD player and all such software is missing. I tried to install the Windows 98 DVD player but got an error message that said something to the effect You cannot use a Windows 98 CD on Windows 98 SE. The CD is now disabled! Is it disabled? How can I get my DVD player to install? Can I uninstall the SE part and then use it or is there another way or is my Windows 98 CD really disabled and unusable? What can I do? -- In His Service, Debra A. Snipes www.In-His-Service.org |
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DVD player installation with Windows 98SE
Go to the DELL support site and search for drivers for your model laptop.
Windows 98SE will support the DVD drive as a CD-ROM. To get extra functionality you will need the correct drivers for the device. If you have diagnostic software that identifies the make and model of the DVD drive, you may be able to get drivers from the manufacturer's www site. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "DEBNC" wrote in message ... I bought a used Dell laptop with Windows 98 SE installed. Somehow the DVD player stopped working and the DVD player and all such software is missing. I tried to install the Windows 98 DVD player but got an error message that said something to the effect You cannot use a Windows 98 CD on Windows 98 SE. The CD is now disabled! Is it disabled? How can I get my DVD player to install? Can I uninstall the SE part and then use it or is there another way or is my Windows 98 CD really disabled and unusable? What can I do? -- In His Service, Debra A. Snipes www.In-His-Service.org |
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DVD player installation with Windows 98SE
Dell will not help me because the DVD player was added without buying it from
them and they say it is not listed as having a DVD player! -- In His Service, Debra A. Snipes www.In-His-Service.org "Jeff Richards" wrote: Go to the DELL support site and search for drivers for your model laptop. Windows 98SE will support the DVD drive as a CD-ROM. To get extra functionality you will need the correct drivers for the device. If you have diagnostic software that identifies the make and model of the DVD drive, you may be able to get drivers from the manufacturer's www site. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "DEBNC" wrote in message ... I bought a used Dell laptop with Windows 98 SE installed. Somehow the DVD player stopped working and the DVD player and all such software is missing. I tried to install the Windows 98 DVD player but got an error message that said something to the effect You cannot use a Windows 98 CD on Windows 98 SE. The CD is now disabled! Is it disabled? How can I get my DVD player to install? Can I uninstall the SE part and then use it or is there another way or is my Windows 98 CD really disabled and unusable? What can I do? -- In His Service, Debra A. Snipes www.In-His-Service.org |
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DVD player installation with Windows 98SE
Your best source for drivers will be the www site of the DVD drive
manufacturer. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "DEBNC" wrote in message ... Dell will not help me because the DVD player was added without buying it from them and they say it is not listed as having a DVD player! |
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DVD player installation with Windows 98SE
Dell is the manufacturer of the DVD drive. Now what?
-- In His Service, Debra A. Snipes www.In-His-Service.org "Jeff Richards" wrote: Your best source for drivers will be the www site of the DVD drive manufacturer. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "DEBNC" wrote in message ... Dell will not help me because the DVD player was added without buying it from them and they say it is not listed as having a DVD player! |
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DVD player installation with Windows 98SE
If Dell sold the drive as an add-on peripheral device they should have
drivers for it on their www site. You won't find it listed under your model machine if it wasn't supplied with that machine, but it should be somewhere there, either as an add-on option or as part of the standard equipment for some other model. Or, you may find it is simply a DELL rebranding of some other manufacturer's product, in which case you could get drivers from their site. Note that the software originally provided with the drive would probably not be available for download, but the drivers should be. Have you confirmed that the W98se installation files are not saved on the hard disk drive somewhere? -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "DEBNC" wrote in message ... Dell is the manufacturer of the DVD drive. Now what? -- |
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DVD player installation with Windows 98SE
While trying to fix my DVD player with a CD that came with my laptop I wiped
out everything DVD related. On the Dell site they do not have the Tositha 4x DVD player for Windows 98 SE I am looking for. Any suggestions as to where to look from here? -- In His Service, Debra A. Snipes www.In-His-Service.org "Jeff Richards" wrote: If Dell sold the drive as an add-on peripheral device they should have drivers for it on their www site. You won't find it listed under your model machine if it wasn't supplied with that machine, but it should be somewhere there, either as an add-on option or as part of the standard equipment for some other model. Or, you may find it is simply a DELL rebranding of some other manufacturer's product, in which case you could get drivers from their site. Note that the software originally provided with the drive would probably not be available for download, but the drivers should be. Have you confirmed that the W98se installation files are not saved on the hard disk drive somewhere? -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "DEBNC" wrote in message ... Dell is the manufacturer of the DVD drive. Now what? -- |
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DVD player installation with Windows 98SE
According to Toshiba:
ATAPI CD-ROM and DVD Drivers Toshiba's CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives do not require any unique device drivers for Windows '95/'98/2000/XP/NT. After installing your drive and re-booting, your system should recognize your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Win '95/'98/2000/XP/NT Operating Systems support all Toshiba ATAPI CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives natively. Boot to safe mode and remove any existing CD-ROM devices. Reboot and allow Windows to re-install the drivers for any devices it finds. Have your Windows inastallation CD ready, in case it needs to load drivers from the CD. After the drivers are loaded, you should be able to read DVDs discs. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "DEBNC" wrote in message ... While trying to fix my DVD player with a CD that came with my laptop I wiped out everything DVD related. On the Dell site they do not have the Tositha 4x DVD player for Windows 98 SE I am looking for. Any suggestions as to where to look from here? -- In His Service, Debra A. Snipes www.In-His-Service.org "Jeff Richards" wrote: If Dell sold the drive as an add-on peripheral device they should have drivers for it on their www site. You won't find it listed under your model machine if it wasn't supplied with that machine, but it should be somewhere there, either as an add-on option or as part of the standard equipment for some other model. Or, you may find it is simply a DELL rebranding of some other manufacturer's product, in which case you could get drivers from their site. Note that the software originally provided with the drive would probably not be available for download, but the drivers should be. Have you confirmed that the W98se installation files are not saved on the hard disk drive somewhere? -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "DEBNC" wrote in message ... Dell is the manufacturer of the DVD drive. Now what? -- |
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DVD player installation with Windows 98SE
The computer recongnizes the DVD player and I can open the files on the DVD
but cannot play them. -- In His Service, Debra A. Snipes www.In-His-Service.org "Jeff Richards" wrote: According to Toshiba: ATAPI CD-ROM and DVD Drivers Toshiba's CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives do not require any unique device drivers for Windows '95/'98/2000/XP/NT. After installing your drive and re-booting, your system should recognize your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Win '95/'98/2000/XP/NT Operating Systems support all Toshiba ATAPI CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives natively. Boot to safe mode and remove any existing CD-ROM devices. Reboot and allow Windows to re-install the drivers for any devices it finds. Have your Windows inastallation CD ready, in case it needs to load drivers from the CD. After the drivers are loaded, you should be able to read DVDs discs. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "DEBNC" wrote in message ... While trying to fix my DVD player with a CD that came with my laptop I wiped out everything DVD related. On the Dell site they do not have the Tositha 4x DVD player for Windows 98 SE I am looking for. Any suggestions as to where to look from here? -- In His Service, Debra A. Snipes www.In-His-Service.org "Jeff Richards" wrote: If Dell sold the drive as an add-on peripheral device they should have drivers for it on their www site. You won't find it listed under your model machine if it wasn't supplied with that machine, but it should be somewhere there, either as an add-on option or as part of the standard equipment for some other model. Or, you may find it is simply a DELL rebranding of some other manufacturer's product, in which case you could get drivers from their site. Note that the software originally provided with the drive would probably not be available for download, but the drivers should be. Have you confirmed that the W98se installation files are not saved on the hard disk drive somewhere? -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "DEBNC" wrote in message ... Dell is the manufacturer of the DVD drive. Now what? -- |
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DVD player installation with Windows 98SE
Are the files you are trying to open a DVD movie?
In that case, you need a DVD movie player, not DVD device drivers. Windows Media Player should be OK. What version are you running? If you are trying to open some other type of files, then indicate what type of files they are, and exactly what happens when you try to open them. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "DEBNC" wrote in message news The computer recongnizes the DVD player and I can open the files on the DVD but cannot play them. -- In His Service, Debra A. Snipes www.In-His-Service.org |
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