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CD-ROMs Failing In Win2k & XP Boxes?

Posted by timothy on from the knoppix-time dept.

jptechnical writes "I have an interesting hardware/software development brewing. I have a friend with a computer shop down the way and he has had a rash of nearly a dozen Win2k & XP boxes come through with disabled or missing CD-ROM drives. They work in DOS, and are bootable, but are either disabled, not functioning or simply missing in Windows' device manager. Does anyone know of a virus that may be causing this? I cannot find any common vector from system build to software installed or anything. MS says reformat, but where's the fun in that? What resources aside from MSKB and google searching do slashdot readers use for troubleshooting strange problems?"

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  1. Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it works in "DOS" that means your computer can probably boot off one of these CD's. Try booting off a Linux CD. If it works, install a Linux partition. If the CD-ROM drive works under linux, erase the Windows partition and Voila!
    Working CD-ROM drive. (Also, improvement in speed and security).

  2. illegal software by liquidice5 · · Score: 5, Informative

    i have had this problem with badly cracked versions of XP

    buy it, or find a corp version without a crack

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    Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking - H.L. Mencken