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"Conor" <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <11d61irg60ju33@corp.supernews.com>, Duncan Oxley says...
>> Both my CD Rom drives seem to have quit working.
>>
>> Well actually one quit then the other later.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
> Dust. TRied cleaning them ever?
If you are running a proprietary version of Win XP, that provided by the
computer's manufacturer, you may have to repair or reload XP if all else
fails. I had the same problem with eMachines and Dell's version of Win XP
Home.
Naturally, you will check the cables, settings, etc., first, before
reloading.
I finally solved the recurring problem by buying MS versions of the programs
and ditching the manufacturer's junk laden versions. No problems since then.
Ed Cregger