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nathy_87
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   6th Mar 09 at 12:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Right my grandad ahs got a retro HP Pavallion ze something or another laptop. He tried to play a cd on it last night and nothing is coming up, coming up with no dives etc? Can someone shed some light please
Fro
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6th Mar 09 at 12:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Probabaly needs a driver installed for it to pick it up.
nathy_87
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6th Mar 09 at 12:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thing is he tried to reset back to a date where it were working all ok, but to no avail it didnt work. He has also tried to re-install the drivers CD but again nothing happend.
John
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6th Mar 09 at 12:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Faulty cd drive.
C2RL R
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6th Mar 09 at 12:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
put the drivers on a memory stick with a different comp. then put the stick in his laptop and install from there.
nathy_87
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6th Mar 09 at 14:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ive got vista/his got xp that wont amke no difference will it?

John- How do we 'fix' this.?
C2RL R
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6th Mar 09 at 14:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no it wont make any difference. i'm not saying it will work but it's one way to get the drivers on there. you could also download them direct to his machine. if it turn out to be fooked you just buy a new one.
Simon
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6th Mar 09 at 14:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Could get hands on a usb cd drive
John
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6th Mar 09 at 14:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
From the little information we have here it sounds like the cd drive has failed, especially if it's not working with any discs or showing up in windows.

It could be various things causing it but without swapping in another cd drive you can't really tell.

I'd have best guess at the drive and see how cheap you can get one on ebay.

 
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