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Old 06-21-2005, 01:20 AM   #13
EDB
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Originally Posted by waiting
glc: With Dell's guidance, I tried using the "dell diagnostic CD"....but it wouldn't work.....so at that time, Dell instructed me in reinstalling WinXP. I have not tried running the dell diagnostic cd after reinstalling WinXP.
Did you have to use a CD to reinstall WinXP? Was it able to read that CD? Or was it a reinstall from a partition on your HD?

I'm having a somewhat similar problem, insofar as my sony vaio laptop's combo dvd-rw/cdrw is malfunctioning and not recognizing cds, but is recognizing dvds...

Please keep us informed... I am thinking my drive is worn out, and will have to get another, but first I'm gonna try to flash firmware.

PS- Sounds like your DELL is still under warrenty, so take advantage of that and get them to fix that sucker!
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