CD drive is fubared

Cloud · 06-29-2008, 09:00 PM

Dell.

tw · 07-02-2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Dell.

How do you know its the drive and not driver software? This is why Dell provides hardware diagnostics. Diagnostics boot from the hard drive in a selection before Windows boots. I believe the option appears when pressing (repeatedly) F5 or F8 or F12 before that Windows splash screen appears (can't remember which key so I usually press each repeatedly).

Of course, you probably want the burner anyway. But best is to perform the diagnostics once before anything fails - to see how to get them and see how all hardware gets confirmed.

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