Lost CD Drive

[Southfield]

Suddenly, my D drive (cd drive) is not recognised on my Toshiba Satellite 1110. I was attempting to upgrade from Windows ME to Windows XP. Yeah, I know they're old OSs but it's my third computer and I'm trying to get it to work for my granddaughter.

I've also forgotten the ME product key, so I think I'm scuppered but there may be a bright one out there who knows what I should do.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Southfield

 

[alifmim]

Please Translate That ( it's in french)

*Démarrer
*Panneau de Configuration
*Outils d'Administration
*Gestion de l'Ordinateur
*Gestion des Disques
*Click Droit sur Ton Lecteur CD » Propriétés » Activer

AlifMim1@HotMail.Com

 

[jaguarmatt]

Please Translate That ( it's in french)

*Démarrer
*Panneau de Configuration
*Outils d'Administration
*Gestion de l'Ordinateur
*Gestion des Disques
*Click Droit sur Ton Lecteur CD » Propriétés » Activer

AlifMim1@HotMail.Com

I'll gladly translate. =]

Start,
Control panel,
Administrator tools,
Device Manager,
Manage Disk Drives,
On top of the Disk Drives panel click > Properties > Activate

Sorry if it's not a 100% accurate translation, French is very different from English Grammar.
If you can get online with the computer, try to download drivers for the drive.

 

[Southfield]

Cannot find "Manage Disk Drives" in Control Panel of Windows ME

 

[Southfield]

Thanks for the suggestion but I can find neither "Administrator Tolls" or even "Manage Disk Drives" in the Device Manager of Windows Me. Because I'm on a WLAN I cannot get this computer on line.

Roger M

I'll gladly translate. =]

Start,
Control panel,
Administrator tools,
Device Manager,
Manage Disk Drives,
On top of the Disk Drives panel click > Properties > Activate

Sorry if it's not a 100% accurate translation, French is very different from English Grammar.
If you can get online with the computer, try to download drivers for the drive.

 

[Southfield]

Make that "tools"

 

[Zoron]

Google "Upper and Lower Filters". Sometimes deleting these values can restore functionality provided that the drive hasn't failed.

 

[Southfield]

Tried it, doesn't work. Maybe I need a new drive (or a new laptop)