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09-25-2004, 12:55 PM
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XP won't boot when I use DVD-ROM drive?
Okay, I thought I had a totally different problem but it turns out that XP won't boot because of my DVD-ROM.
I've always used this drive on this system but, to install Linux, I switched it out briefly for another DVD-ROM. Anyways, XP launched its wizard to install this temporary drive so I went along with it. Now when I put back in my original DVD-ROM it won't get passed the splash screen and eventually reboots with no error. I can get into safe mode but "load last good config" and system restore haven't fixed the problem. Can anyone help? Thanks a lot! |
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09-25-2004, 03:15 PM
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Assuming the drive is recognized correctly by the bios delete the drive in Device Manager.
With any luck XP will recognize it as "new hardware" after a restart and reinstall it.
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09-26-2004, 07:24 AM
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Thanks Pam, that did it!
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