Guest 614Streets Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Compaq Presario 2200 notebook computer running XP. My D: Drive is gone and not reading CD'S. I don't see drive d anymore under my computer or in device manager. Where did it go and what do I do? CD tray still opens and cd spins , exterior green light comes on as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 first guess drive is bad. are you able to eject the drive and reset it to see if that helps also are you able to see it still in the bios? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I can eject it and i can hear it spinning. Where do I go to see it in BIOS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 at boot you will have a option to hit del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 And I will see a blue or black "Bios" Screen after hitting del key at boot up? And I look for drive d? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 kinda yeah it will now show you a D: drive but if it is seeing hte cd drive it should list it under bios or advanced bios features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I held down the delete key on a soft reboot , and nothing came up? F10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Under Bios I reset to default and I saw D: under mycomputer however it said path does not exsist and now it is gone again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I held down the delete key on a soft reboot , and nothing came up? F10? might be it can very from PC to PC not sure of what it is from compaqs. when you first boot it will show you the key required for a second or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 If your drive is FUBAR (sounds like it is) there is a drive on eGay for $50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street pilot Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 In your device manager, is anything listed under CD/DVD-ROMs? Is the CD-ROM a bay module where you can remove and replace it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 if it shows up in the bios It could be a windows problem. only other think I can think of is to go back into your bios set the cd as the first boot device and put a bootable Cd in the drive if it boot to the disk the drive is good and windows is F'ed if it doesn't the drive is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 ok. if the drive is bad then i just replace the cd player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 ok. if the drive is bad then i just replace the cd player? Yup. Do like stated above and set it to first boot device and see if a bootable cd will actually boot. If it does, you've most likely got a driver issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 In your device manager, is anything listed under CD/DVD-ROMs? Is the CD-ROM a bay module where you can remove and replace it? Under device manager I see nothing for cd/dvd rom? Its on the side of the notebook and looks like a bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Yup. Do like stated above and set it to first boot device and see if a bootable cd will actually boot. If it does, you've most likely got a driver issue. Ok I will go to BIOS and set it to boot first , what is a bootable cd. Will a game work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Ok I will go to BIOS and set it to boot first , what is a bootable cd. Will a game work? Has to be something like Windows, or some other OS boot disk. You can make one, but since your drive is broke it doesn't sound like you have that option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 boot from USB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 boot from USB? possible but that wont tell us if the cd drive is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 So I am SOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 No, PM me the make and model of the laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Tried to reinstall the driver firmware from compaq site. Didnt work. http://www.614streets.com/ebay/compproblem.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 lol @ desktop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 ^lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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