newbie alert/ my poor cd-r

painkillersinactionpainkillersinaction
edited July 2004 in Hardware
well, first off, hello from greece.

i had to format my pc and just while evrything else went ok, i messed with the the cd-r driver installation, since i guess i installed the wrong one. I found the correct one through GE site, but trying to install it made things worse since from then on, my PC could't "see" the cd-r.

now the problem is that in order for the pc to boot up ,i had to un-plug the cd-r cause if i keep it plugged while booting, my pc stops responding while the "detecting IDE drives" message is on the screen.

do u think a newbie like me can do smthing?

thanx

Comments

  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited July 2004
    Go to device manager and uninstall it then reboot.
  • painkillersinactionpainkillersinaction
    edited July 2004
    i connected the cd-r to the motherboard but the pc can't "see" it. also there are no signs of a driver installed for the cd-r...

    thanx though
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Welcome to Short-Media painkillersinaction :)

    You don't actually need a driver for your CD-R. Burning software to create CD's yes, but not a driver as every version of Windows since Win95 have totally native atapi support for CD drives and burners.

    Most likely causes for dissapearing drives are:

    1) Drive hardware failure.
    2) Bad drive firmware flash.
    3) Faulty Connector cable.
    4) Windows install completely borked.
    5) Motherboard IDE connector failed.

    Id pick number 1 :)
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited July 2004
    painkillersinaction wrote:
    do u think a newbie like me can do smthing?

    With the help of the guys on here you can do anything.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    bothered wrote:
    With the help of the guys on here you can do anything.
    That's a damn nice statement you just made Mr B :D

    £5 in an unmarked envelope on the way to ya door.
  • painkillersinactionpainkillersinaction
    edited July 2004
    well... u know what! who cares about the cd-r? the day is beautiful, the sun is shining and the sea is just 5 minutes from here!!! (in other words i decided i'll buy a dvd-r!!!!!!)

    thanx people for your help! i'm glad i found this forum. i just hope i won't be having more pc=related panic attacks!
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Thats the right attitude mate :cool:

    CD-R's are so 1990's anyway ;D

    DVD-/+ R all the way :D
  • painkillersinactionpainkillersinaction
    edited July 2004
    well, the mystery is solved at last...it was all due to a bad firmware installation i tried to do!!! but this is of little importance anyway. my new dvd -/+ R is alive and kicking!!!
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