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Presario and Me and CD driver?
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Had to reinstall WinMe on my Presario 1200 but now the CD doesn't show in devices?? I have tried all the possible Hard Disk Drivers, what do I need?? Thanks for any help Mark **REMOVE** 'myhat' from my return email address before sending!! |
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CD doesn't require specific drivers. Are you sure it is plugged in firmly?
Tom "MG" wrote in message ... Hi Had to reinstall WinMe on my Presario 1200 but now the CD doesn't show in devices?? I have tried all the possible Hard Disk Drivers, what do I need?? Thanks for any help Mark **REMOVE** 'myhat' from my return email address before sending!! |
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My best bet is that the motherboard chipset drivers are not part of the standard
Windows ME install CD. Without them, ME won't find the CD-ROM drive. You need to determine which chipset is on the motherboard, download the drivers and install them... Ben Myers On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:35:55 GMT, (MG) wrote: Hi Had to reinstall WinMe on my Presario 1200 but now the CD doesn't show in devices?? I have tried all the possible Hard Disk Drivers, what do I need?? Thanks for any help Mark **REMOVE** 'myhat' from my return email address before sending!! |
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How do your hard disk CONTROLLERS appear in device manager? This is the most
likely issue given that you most likely installed ME with your Windows ME CD (or Compaq restoration cd). A quick test to make sure the Drive itself is still working is to try to boot from it using your Windows ME or restoration cd (assuming that it is bootable). If you have a splat on the secondary controller, or the secondary controller doesn't show at all in device manager, that would clearly explain why your drive doesn't show up in windows, when you know the drive is functioning properly. This can happen when the hard disk controllers are not recognized properly by windows and/or Windows does not install the proper driver for your HD controllers. This usually occurs when your system board is newer than the OS being installed, because the version of the OS (Windows ME) does not yet have the proper drivers available for the controllers. It can also occur if the HD controllers (on the system board) are somewhat obscure, in which case even the newer versions of Windows will not have drivers available. In either case, drivers would have to be obtained from the manufacturer (Compaq). |
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