DebKaai

The CD does open and close but no audio when a cd is in. I was able to find boot disc info to boot from a floppy drive. I just need some new floppies--takes 6--to try this. Thanks

There isn't a boot record for the CD drive. It had stopped working a little while ago and I don't know why it stopped reading discs. It's only a little over a year old. I was able to pull up BIOS to check for a boot record, neither cd or floppy had one. Thanks and I hope I made some sense. Deb

I have a bad XP on my E-machine. I can get as far as the welcome screen but no user accounts will load. It says ...loading, saving settings...then right back to the welcome screen. I would love to reload XP and just reformat the disk....however....my CD R/W doesn't read either. If I install another CD rom drive will I be able to get windows to reload by starting my CPU with the XP disc in at start-up? I really hate to spend $30 plus on a new CD Rom and have it do nothing either. Or do I need to hook up the drive to a CPU that has a working CD drive in order to reformat? It would seem like there is an easy answer but I don't have enough expertise to know. Thanks Deb