uncleduby

Have you tried using a CD/DVD lens cleaner on your CD drive 1st?. It may not be working because the lens might be full of dirt. You can get lens cleaners for cheap at any local electronics store. Just pop one of those in and 99% of the time the cd/dvd drive usually starts working again i got the drive working. i took the drive loose slid it out, used a q tip to push on ribbon cable working good now. thanks for all your help uncleduby

i tried rebooting with win 98 se disk in drive, it first initilizes boot from cd-rom then ends up booting to windows

the device manager says its working. when i put in a cd it says d:\ is not accessible. i tried a music cd it said file not found check to see if file or path is correct

the cd-rom is a lg cd-rom crn-8241b the laptop is a ams tech. i also noticed that when i put in a cd the light for the cdrom lights up and blinks like it is reading the cd

You need a CD Rom drive to install it, only other bet would be to remove the hard drive, install windows, then transfer it back into the laptop it is the only laptop i have. can it be done with a desktop pc? if so is there a guide online somewhere to do this? thanks uncleduby

hello, i have a laptop that the cd rom seems to not be working. is there anyway to reformat & reinstall without a cd rom? do have a working floppy and usb port. thanks uncleduby