[SEL] O.T. Need Computer Help - Not Me

[Listerdiesel]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:16:37 -0600, Jim Jirik <jimjirik at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I think his biggest issue is that the CD rom is not being recognized.  You
> can go to a website called Driverzone.com and find the driver for the cdrom
> installed in the computer.  Of course, that means you will have to open the
> computer to find the make/ model the cdrom drive. If you can't access the
> internet on that machine you can always download on a floppy or usb drive
> from another machine and then install on the problem machine.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Jim Jirik

Hi Jim:

If the CD drive is recognised in BIOS then the machine should boot
from an install CD, regardless. Win2kPro and other OS's do this
without external drivers so they can start on a new machine.

Peter
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