DamanC Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI ignor it, you wont have a scsi drive, well im 99% sure you wont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 no i dont have one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 is there any way to force the disc drive to work or spin the cleaning disc ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shovels Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 just had my PC in buts an hoovered it out, it was minging but still the DVD rom and the CD burner dont work so now i think it might have a virus . i am using that AVG free and that is picking up nothing any ideas of a good FREE program that i could get ? Hoovering it out won't clean the lens of the CD/DVD drive - it's a bit like having dirty windows in your house and vacuming the livingroom floor, looking up and going "huff... bloody windows are still dirty" Using the CD cleaner kit could just have made the problem worse. You need to try another drive in the system, but as Daman has said the controller could be knackered, so even a 'new' CD drive won't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 where do i find the controller ? or is a full sytem restore jobbie ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shovels Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 The controller is built into the motherboard (normally). So there's nothing you can do about it. As Damon mentioned above it would be good to try and see if the CD drive works outside Windows. Pop in your Windows XP CD and restart the system. Many systems are set to try the CD drive first, but others need to be told to boot from the CD drive. You may need to enter the BIOS by pressing 'Del' when you switch the system on. You will find boot properties. In here you will need to specify you want to boot from CD first. Then save the settings and exit. If the CD drive is working the system should attempt to boot from the CD. I personally wouldn't put money on a system restore fixing the problem. You can purchase IDE controllers, so even if yours are knackered you can always get the system working again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 i dont have an XP CD would the battle field 2 disc do the job? and where do where do i find the IDE controllers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Steve, you need a bootable CD. XP is probably one of the most common ones, its just a cd with a bootable image so that it will load an environment/program without the need for an operating system. BF2 is not a bootable CD. If you havent a Bootable CD then i would just take it to a local computer shop if I were you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 doh the local english speaking shop round on camp has a rep for ripping people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shovels Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I would go for something like this: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132560 It's a fairly simple drive out --> drive in procedure to swap. By the sounds of it this is going to be your cheapest option without taking it to a PC repair shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I seem to remember something like this happening on my system a couple of years ago. My problem was a corrupt CDROM driver. Have a search around on support.microsoft.com, there's probably a fix there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 i will have a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Steve, if you get really really stuck and you fancy covering the postage i can take a look at it for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 i am in germany mate and postage to and from here takes ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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