Dell Windows XP Professional 1-2CPU

[dokie33]

Hello, My friend has a dell windows xp professional 1-2cpu and it won't start up, it just keeps running the cd-rom drive constantly. Once you turn it on, it just keeps running that and won't turn off, you have to unplug it. What do you think is wrong?

 

[nhasian]

i think you need a new optical drive.

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