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skwirrel 1 | Report | 16 Jun 2008 15:46 |
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anyone clever with these things........mine stopped working a while ago and it bugs me everytime I want to run a new application it refuses it is also a dvd player and will play that but no cd's. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 16 Jun 2008 15:47 |
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It may be that the driver has somehow become corrupted or it may just have given up the ghost - they do. |
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skwirrel 1 | Report | 16 Jun 2008 15:50 |
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yes it is |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 16 Jun 2008 15:55 |
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First off I would try updating the driver. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 16 Jun 2008 15:55 |
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When you say that it stopped working, what does it actually do? |
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skwirrel 1 | Report | 16 Jun 2008 15:57 |
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nothing it doesn't recognise cd's at all only dvd's |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 16 Jun 2008 15:58 |
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Are you running XP or Vista? |
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skwirrel 1 | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:00 |
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xp home |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:02 |
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ok do you know how to create a System Restore point? |
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skwirrel 1 | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:05 |
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yes but that means I will loose a lot of genealogy work done recently |
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Surf | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:09 |
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errol can he not just go into device manager remove drive from ther reboot reinstall drivers |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:09 |
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Why will you? |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:10 |
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That's what I am talking about Surfmonkey - just suggesting that a Restore Point is created first. |
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skwirrel 1 | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:12 |
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but will I need to remember when this drive stopped working coz I can't actually remember how long this has been like this. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:15 |
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Nooooooooooooooooooo |
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skwirrel 1 | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:17 |
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oh ok now I understand, is that where I go through device manager to do that |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:21 |
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No we'll be using device manager later. |
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Surf | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:22 |
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go for it errol |
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skwirrel 1 | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:22 |
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ok, understood. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 16 Jun 2008 16:27 |
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No Surfmonkey - sorry I really wasn't being rude. |
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