CDROM Drive

Have a friend who operates under Win 98. I tried to give
him some assistance with printer, etc. and came across
this problem, we can't open his disk drive to change
CDROM's, and answer we get back is basically 'D Drive is
not recognizable or words to that effect'.

There is no pinhole to open it, the PC is fairly old, it
is a HP and probably 6 years old.

Question is, how can we get the PC to recognize the drive
and how can we open it.

We never did solve his printing problem, seems he runs
out of ink after a few passes. Could be his ink suppliers
I am thinking. And the printer is old also, a Lexmark
that is not now supported. Should we remove this from the
system and re-install it? He also can't find his CDROM
where the printer was installed. Can we download from
Lexmark and use that driver exe file to re-install?

Thanks in advance.


Don

If the CD-ROM is not bad turn off the computer.Then take
off the cover of the PC.AND BEWARE OF STATIC ELECTRISITY
it can fry your pc.So ground your self in the back of
your pc(the non panted part) and remove the IDE cable
from the CD-ROM Drive and leave the Power cable hookt up.
If you don't know what is what the power cables wires
have the color RED,BLACK,BLACK,YELLOW. Turn ON the PC and
Press EJECT. If it still doesent work then get a NEW CD-
ROM. You can get one At:http://www.tigerdirect.com/

Good luck hope it works out for you.

C

PLEASE read Info below.

Western Digital-200GB-Special!
Sensational ATA-100 EIDE HD Just for $89.99
Go to:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...rchTools/item-
details.asp?EdpNo=423018&Sku=THD-2000JB%20P
^For more information.^

For information on installing W98, go to:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html
or go to:
http://www.waynescomputerworld.com/cleaninstall.html
^ Also tells you how to Formate/Reformate your Hard Drive
for Reintallation(s.)^ Or upgrades.

But if you DON'T have a boot disk go to: www.bootdisk.com

Need a NEW Hard Drive or NEW computer Parts or Computer
stuff.GO TO:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/

Looking for your Driver name or file &/or software GO
TO: http://www.driverguide.com/

Still don't know the name or manufcturer of your
driver.On your driver, look for a sticker
with an FCC ID number. Then go to this site to determine
the manufacturer of your card.
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/help.html#drivers

Are you looking for RAM memory for your PC but still
can't find the right memory.
GO TO: www.crucial.com

Are you wanting 2 or more Operating Systems on your
computer? Go To:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bingcomments.html

If you have read this far then you know were to go for
computer parts.
Thankyou for reading this.

Have a good day.

C



-----Original Message-----
Have a friend who operates under Win 98. I tried to give
him some assistance with printer, etc. and came across
this problem, we can't open his disk drive to change
CDROM's, and answer we get back is basically 'D Drive is
not recognizable or words to that effect'.

There is no pinhole to open it, the PC is fairly old, it
is a HP and probably 6 years old.

Question is, how can we get the PC to recognize the
drive
and how can we open it.

We never did solve his printing problem, seems he runs
out of ink after a few passes. Could be his ink
suppliers
I am thinking. And the printer is old also, a Lexmark
that is not now supported. Should we remove this from
the
system and re-install it? He also can't find his CDROM
where the printer was installed. Can we download from
Lexmark and use that driver exe file to re-install?

Thanks in advance.


Don

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