[TechAssist] Re: Windows 98 - CD drive causes Blue screen lock-up
- From: Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:33:17 -0500
Try disconnecting the CD drive signal cable and then boot up the
computer. Shut down, reconnect the cable and boot up again. This should
automatically find new hardware and reinstall the cd drive.
By reinstalling Windows over top of your current installation, you will
not lose any data, whether on Drive C or on a separate drive or
partition.(for extra insurance, it is good to have the data backed up
though. Only if you format the drive C and start from scratch, will
everything on drice C partition be wiped out. Formatting C will not
affect data on D. Just don't make the mistake of running FDISK which
will wipe out all partition info and therefore everything would be lost.
Gary McCartney
McCartney Electronics
Guelph Ontario Canada
Est. 1984
email: gary (at) number63.ca
Wally Heise wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> My computer, with Windows 98, has developed a bug. Whenever I try to read a
> CD disk, I get a 'blue screen' error and have to reboot the computer to
> start over. According to windows, the driver is installed and operating OK.
> Of course this causes a real problem, I can't back up my data files (about 2
> months worth - I know, Bad Boy!) so I can reload Windows. This all started
> after receiving a Trojan virus from a web site which Norton quarantined. I
> have since deleted the temp files and have not found any more viruses.
>
> Is there a solution to this problem without reinstalling Windows? Will I
> lose my data which is in a different partition (D drive) if I reinstall
> windows?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Wally Heise
> South Isle Repair
> Isle, Mn.
> sirepair@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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