CD ROM DISAPPEARED

G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

THE LITE ON THE CD ROM TRAY IS BLINKING ,HOWEVER NOTHING WORKS. CAN'T OPEN
TRAY.CD.ROM APPEARS ON NONE OF THE FOLLOWING;DEVICE MANAGER,MY COMPUTER. WE
DON'T HAVE "UFOS" IN UPSTATE NY SO ALIENS DIDN'T TAKE IT. CFS
--
S51339295
 

Malke

Distinguished
Apr 6, 2004
3,000
0
20,780
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

CFS wrote:

> THE LITE ON THE CD ROM TRAY IS BLINKING ,HOWEVER NOTHING WORKS. CAN'T
> OPEN TRAY.CD.ROM APPEARS ON NONE OF THE FOLLOWING;DEVICE MANAGER,MY
> COMPUTER. WE DON'T HAVE "UFOS" IN UPSTATE NY SO ALIENS DIDN'T TAKE IT.
> CFS

No, but they broke your keyboard since your capslock is stuck.

Swap out the drive with a known-working one. If all is well, discard the
original drive since it is no good. They don't last forever and are
quite inexpensive to replace.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

after about two weeks of blinking and not responding or appearing in my
computer voila!! it suddenly quit blinking and now works explain that
--
S51339295


"CFS" wrote:

> THE LITE ON THE CD ROM TRAY IS BLINKING ,HOWEVER NOTHING WORKS. CAN'T OPEN
> TRAY.CD.ROM APPEARS ON NONE OF THE FOLLOWING;DEVICE MANAGER,MY COMPUTER. WE
> DON'T HAVE "UFOS" IN UPSTATE NY SO ALIENS DIDN'T TAKE IT. CFS
> --
> S51339295