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Hey, anybody know much aout fixing computers? My Drivers for my two CD-ROM drives broke or something, but they aren't working. My friend who works on computers said to delete the driver, shut down the computer, then un-plug the drives. Start it back up, then shut it down and plug them back in then start it up, and he said it would find them and re-install it. I tried this, but after I remove the drivers the computer freezes and when I start it up, the drivers are still there. Anybody know how to fix this? Or do I need a new computer?
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So someone who apparently made £400 over the holidays repairing computers doesn't even realise that we're talking about an IDE controller here? Ri-ight.
Anialater, open up the computer (with it switched off of course), pull out the power cable to the drive and the IDE cable, that being the big ribbon cable. Turn on the computer. Let it boot up and do whatever it needs to. Then turn off and reattach the cables.
That should trigger it recognising the drives.
Anialater, open up the computer (with it switched off of course), pull out the power cable to the drive and the IDE cable, that being the big ribbon cable. Turn on the computer. Let it boot up and do whatever it needs to. Then turn off and reattach the cables.
That should trigger it recognising the drives.
I got lost at HDD controller.
Okay, its the Hard Disk controller, it makes my CD-ROMs work, but it isn't working right, so I try un-installing them, but the computer freezes and it doesn't un-install them.
Anialater wrote:
> It is the Hard Disk controller. But it controlles my CD-ROMs too
WTF.
You um, wha?
> It is the Hard Disk controller. But it controlles my CD-ROMs too
WTF.
You um, wha?
It is the Hard Disk controller. But it controlles my CD-ROMs too
Iv'e made £400 in the hols repairing and building comps, I ain't about to give my services away free :P
There's no such thing as CD-ROM/DVD ROM/CD-RW drivers it should be already installed with your Operating system unless you deleted them in System devices even then it'll reinstall the drivers for it when you reboot.
Thats just it, when I try un-installing them the computer freezes, and it doesn't delete them.
How the hell do drivers just break.
Try uninstalling the drivers.
Then go to windows update, run it and if there are any drivers for them it will find them.
Try uninstalling the drivers.
Then go to windows update, run it and if there are any drivers for them it will find them.
He doesn't know much, but he fixed it once. A power surge shorted out the motherboard, I never would have figured that out.
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