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    Cool cd rom suddenly wont spin any cd

    ok i just reinstalled my cousin os which is winme i insert win98 boot disc and then run the setup wit hthe help of cd , after that the instalation goes well and after that im on the desktop and inserted microsoft word installer to install again cause the registry is broken and all installed software wont function, after awhile while im browsing thourgh the microsoft cd it does respond suddenly so i reset and restart the comp. after that the cd wont read any cd and i think its not spinning so i tried inserting the win98 boot disk and tried again "with cd rom support" when i tried to acces the cd rom in dos mode it says cannot read device what the hell is the problem??did i broke it??or just sumthing weird is happening??also the cd rom is MITSUMI FX4830T!B hope anyone can help me

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    I'm not sure what the bit about msword and the broken registry has to do with anything. Do you have a windows cd (or any other bootable cd)? If so, make sure the bios is set to boot from cd and reboot w/ that cd in the drive. If the drive can read the cd at boot, then your issue is not hardware related.
    Probability factor of one to one...we have normality, I repeat we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.

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    tried that too

    nope it cant read and the light is not flashing when u inseerted a cd....did i broke it??????how come it broke?????its functioning normal then suddnely it didnt work i tried to acces it via dos by diskette that has win 98 boot and when i trid to acces it it suddnt ask me R - retry Abort - Abort F- Fail........is it hardware problems?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jigen
    nope it cant read and the light is not flashing when u inseerted a cd....did i broke it??????how come it broke?????its functioning normal then suddnely it didnt work i tried to acces it via dos by diskette that has win 98 boot and when i trid to acces it it suddnt ask me R - retry Abort - Abort F- Fail........is it hardware problems?
    Forget the dos access and the win98 boot disk. You need a bootable windows CD to test the drive. Does the computer allow boot from CD? This needs to be enabled in bios. If you don't know, provide the make/model of the computer or motherboard.
    Probability factor of one to one...we have normality, I repeat we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.

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    Unhappy it cant

    tried that.....it cant boot the cd cause it cant read the cd...and i think its not spinning it always said when i inserted teh boot cd boot cd: Failure

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    Quote Originally Posted by jigen
    tried that.....it cant boot the cd cause it cant read the cd...and i think its not spinning it always said when i inserted teh boot cd boot cd: Failure
    Then the drive is dead and will have to be replaced.
    Probability factor of one to one...we have normality, I repeat we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hudsonsmith
    Then the drive is dead and will have to be replaced.
    I have the exact same problem with the EXACT same CD drive!! Jesus Christ, I hope i don't have to get a new one. I just had to replace a video card. Sigh....

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    Quote Originally Posted by hudsonsmith
    Then the drive is dead and will have to be replaced.
    If he has a scratched system cd will it not fail this test ? I think it may... but this stop start working business is not sounding good, I'd check cabling & maybe try a lens cleaner.. whether the state of any system cd is affecting matters can be checked by using the boot disk with cd support & trying to read a range of data cd's (this method isn't as infallible as using bios to launch any reading, but much less complicated than windows).

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