Dell Inspiron CD-RW / DVD-Rom

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I have a Dell Inspiron PPO1X and had to change the CD-RW / DVD-ROM, Toshiba
SD-R2102 but the computer will not boot. I get a message it cannot find
drive C. The replacement CD-RW/DVD-ROM is Ver No. 700 and ROM Ver is 1715.
The old one is Ver No D00 and the ROM Ver is 1D10. Any ideas what to do
next?

Thanks

CJL

 

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Remove the optical drive - will the system boot from the hard drive?
The optical drive is slave to the hard drive - if the hard drive still
won't boot, something is wrong with it.



"CJL" <die@upyoursspammer.com> wrote in message
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> I have a Dell Inspiron PPO1X and had to change the CD-RW / DVD-ROM,
Toshiba
> SD-R2102 but the computer will not boot. I get a message it cannot find
> drive C. The replacement CD-RW/DVD-ROM is Ver No. 700 and ROM Ver is
1715.
> The old one is Ver No D00 and the ROM Ver is 1D10. Any ideas what to do
> next?
>
> Thanks
>
> CJL
>
>

 

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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:24:45 -0400, Edward J. Neth wrote:

> Remove the optical drive - will the system boot from the hard drive?
> The optical drive is slave to the hard drive - if the hard drive still
> won't boot, something is wrong with it.

If the optical drive was on the same cable as the hard drive, that would
slow your hard drive down quite a bit. Your system should boot from the
hard drive, isn't that what it does now?

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Exactly what cable choices does he have on a laptop?

Regardless, that statement hasn't been true for several years and is an
on-going urban myth.

Tom
"David Casey" <sgtcasey@IH8SPAMcableone.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:24:45 -0400, Edward J. Neth wrote:
>
> > Remove the optical drive - will the system boot from the hard drive?
> > The optical drive is slave to the hard drive - if the hard drive still
> > won't boot, something is wrong with it.
>
> If the optical drive was on the same cable as the hard drive, that would
> slow your hard drive down quite a bit. Your system should boot from the
> hard drive, isn't that what it does now?
>
> Dave
> --
> We are the US military. Your asses will be kicked. Resistance is futile.
>
> US Army Signal Corps!
> www.geocities.com/davidcasey98
>
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:37:14 -0400, Tom Scales wrote:

>>> Remove the optical drive - will the system boot from the hard drive?
>>> The optical drive is slave to the hard drive - if the hard drive still
>>> won't boot, something is wrong with it.
>>
>> If the optical drive was on the same cable as the hard drive, that would
>> slow your hard drive down quite a bit. Your system should boot from the
>> hard drive, isn't that what it does now?
>
> Exactly what cable choices does he have on a laptop?
>
> Regardless, that statement hasn't been true for several years and is an
> on-going urban myth.

Strange, I didn't see the original post until just now. I think something
is up with my news server!

But good point, I didn't realize it was a laptop. I'll admit to not having
experienced having an optical drive on the same IDE cable as a hard drive,
but was going on others experiences.

Dave
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> Remove the optical drive - will the system boot from >the hard drive?

Yes it will boot.

> The optical drive is slave to the hard drive - if the hard >drive still
won't boot, something is wrong with it.

That's what I am starting to think.