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Pretty much all laptops have hotswapable cdrom drives. That one however might be old enough to not have employed hotswap yet. In that case you will have a whole lot of fun 
Can it be done? yes. Will it involve taking apart a large amount of the laptop? probably.
If that thing isnt hotswappable clear a nice big area on your floor and get a bunch of dishes to keep track of the screws
I had to replace the cdrom in an old IBM thinkpad that didn't have hotswappable cdroms and I literally had to take out every single component to get at the cdrom. Hopefully that compaq is a tad easier.
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Hehe..hope you are right
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