my cdrom drivers are corrupted but xp sp2 will not let me delete or load any dirvers...what should i do?
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reset your computer. go to PC world and buy a copy of XP home or XP pro and re-install it. it will delete everything on your hard drive and u can have a fresh start with the pc
160070
i would first go to device manager and remove the card completely then turn off the computer restart xp will find it and install using your driver disk if that does not work try hitting start, run type in sfc /scannow (include the space) this will look for missing or corrupt files and hopefully fix em. have your original disk ready it may ask for it. good luck!
490950
I think the CD is damaged, it probably is not a problem with your computer. The fact that you successfully installed Win98 is a good indicator that it is not your computer. You need to obtain another disk of XP.
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reboot or shut down.  next steps and open case make sure power and data cables are seated good.  uninstall software uninstall CDROM via the control panel hardware, then reboot, it should find it again, reinstall software.
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The issue you are experiencing seems to be with the corrupted printer drivers or may be due to the improper installation of the drivers.\n\nTherefore, I suggest you to completely uninstall the printer drivers and then reinstall the printer drivers.\n\nIf you are using Windows XP operating system then please follow the instructions to uninstall the printer drivers.\n\n1. Click Start, Control Panel.\n2. Click Add and Remove Programs.\n3. Select the printer from Currently Installed Programs list.\n4. Click on Change and Remove button and proceed with the uninstallation window.\n5. Restart the Computer.\n\nNow visit the appropriate printer web site to download and install the full featured drivers for the printer.\n\nThe information I have provided should answer your question.
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Sorry, I really need more information to really do you any good. But I will try the best I can with what you have provided. It sounds like you are saying your CD Rom device is failing and causing a crash in a computer. Now, a few things can go wrong with devices. The device itself could be failing, or a device driver is no longer working properly or was recently updated and is not functioning well. Drivers and driver updates are the number one cause of the BSD-Blue Screen of Death. You can also have installed new hardware recently which is no in confict with you CD Rom Drive. If you recently added hardware then you will need to disconnect and see if the problem is fixed. \n\nHowever, you need to remove the hardware the right way. You need to use the "Safely Remove Hardware" applet (program) wizard. You should have an icon on the notification area which is the safety remove hardware icon and access it via a right click. \n\nYou may need to boot up into safe mode which you do by turning the computer off, then back on and immediantly after the manufacturers logo is gone slowly tap on F8 key. This will get you into the other boot options menu. Use your arrow keys to navigate up or down to "Safe Mode". When the user screen appears click on the administrator account. If you have XP Home you do not need the password for this account just click its account icon. If you have Windows XP Professional and set an administrator password (which I highly reccomend) then put the password in and wait while the account boots up onto the screen. In Safe Mode you can do several things. You can use System Restore, You can remove programs delete drivers, update drivers, rollback drivers, and basically do trouble shooting by using device manager, and many other administrator tools for finding and fixing problems. \n\nWhile in safe mode check on safely removing any hardware item you just recently installed. If you have not done this then did you update a driver recently? If so go in and either remove the device and then the driver or roll the driver back to its previos state by using device manager. Click on Start go to control panel, click on System. then on the hardware tab click Device manager. Find the device driver needed right click and choose properties and then click on the driver tab. On the driver tab click Roll back driver. Or Remove if that is what you prefer. \n\nNow, there is limited space here for me to tell you all the possibilities which have caussed this problem. I went over the most basic and common causes and offered options on fixing them. If you have done nothing to your computer recently then your CD Rom Drive may very well have gone bad on you and needs replacing. This would be a repair job I do not reccomend a novice do on his/her own. Call the closest Geek Squad and get somebody over to fix this for you. You may be surprised at how inexpensive it is for somebody else to fix your computer. The Geek Squad also gives lessons in how to work with your computer. You can also buy Microsoft Press books on simple computer repair, of the "Upgrading and fixing PC's for dummies" book. It is informative and helpful for beginners.\n\nGood luck fixing your problem. If you have not recently added anything to your computer call somebody in who knows what they are doing to fix this for you.
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contact your nearest cmputer shop i am definetly sure they have a cheap or free XP disk.
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If you are using XP just create a restore point, that should be the easiest and should solve most issues if the occur.
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u probably need to redownload and reinstall it\nor if ur running xp restore computer to a date when it worked
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get the drivers for XP here and reinstall\nhttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&lang=en&dlc=en&product=59307&
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What OS do u run ur pc on??\nTry scanning ur PC for hardware changes and if that does not work, goto your hardware - device manager and select ur CD/DVD drive, try to reinstall the driver from properties option. \nIf ur system is W9x or lower goodluck.\nALso have you tried to clean ur CDRW drive?
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Sounds like a corrupted driver. Just uninstall and reinstall. If you have the CD, insert it and you can uninstall from the cd. Then reinstall.
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Try going to Device Manager and uninstalling the USB Controller and re-booting, then try it.  How come you haven't updated to SP2?  It could help support what I'm guessing is a USB 2.0 flash drive.
72194
your window's was loaded from a cd that has either corrupt or missing data. Get a different cd and reload windows
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Your Board is not defective at all. Your Hard Drive is in RAW format (that means it does not have a file system). You can put your CD/DVD ROM as First Boot Device and use it to Run windows Xp setup and format the drive.this should do it.\n\nOr you can buy a "usb laptop hard disk reader" (this should be around $20). use this to format your drive from a Cafe or using a fiends computer.
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Try restarting your computer. If the drive is removable, try taking it out and putting it in. Try going to device manager and making sure there are drivers installed for it. You can do this by going to start, right click on my computer, click properties, click hardware tab, then click the device manager button. Look for anything with an ! or ? icon. If there is one on the CD/DVD drive then it's a driver problem, easily fixed. I'd tell you where to get the driver if I knew the model of your computer.\n\nAnd if none of these work, it may be the drive fried or got disconnected from the board.
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Most people forget about this with XP but the best and eaisest thing to do is do a system restore to a point before you messed with it. It will work and you wont lose anything.