[pchelpers] Re: cdrom/dvd

  • From: Scott McNay <Wizard@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: Jacqueline MacWhirter <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 23:27:20 -0600

Hi Jacqueline,

Sunday, January 4, 2004, 5:37:37 PM, you wrote:

JM> A friend of mine has Windows XP Home edition  the cds won't
JM> initialize  in the cdrom  anymore  we went into Systems - devices
JM> it is enabled I was thinking I would have to go into the bios to
JM> see if the cdrom is enabled --or is on auto  I am still running
JM> windows 2000 pro-- He used to put the cds in and they would start
JM> up right away but now it won't do it anymore Have you got any
JM> suggestions? Thanks -- Jackie 

It sounds like you're talking about auto-insert notification and/or
auto-run.

Open My Computer and double-click on the drive and see what happens.

--Scott.


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