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rtaven

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« on: June 27, 2008, 05:05:26 AM »
my cd rom quit reading the cd.local computer store say they no longer sell just cd-rom. 10year  old computer running win98.
it says 52x max on cd rom.
does any one sell this type cd rom and if so will i need new drivers or other than straight swap?
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    Re: cd-rom
    « Reply #1 on: June 27, 2008, 05:15:48 AM »
    A cd-rewriter will slot straight in and work as a basic cd-rom from the W98 drivers already loaded. Put in the software CD  provided with the new drive and you will be able to burn CD's aswell - bonus!
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      Re: cd-rom
      « Reply #2 on: June 27, 2008, 06:21:45 AM »
      just wondering what country are you based in?

      in australia we have computer swapmeets where there are heaps of stuff that is not avaliable in stores.
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      Re: cd-rom
      « Reply #3 on: June 27, 2008, 07:17:35 AM »
      CD-ROM and even CD-R/RW drives are becoming harder to find since DVD drives will read both CDs and DVDs and most DVD writers will do CDs as well. You shouldn't have any problems if you replace your drive with a DVD drive, especially a writer. As Maktek said, you'll be able to burn CDs and DVDs as well.
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