Mr_Smith.... I would try this .....click Start /Control Panel/System ....then in system properties ...click the hardware tab ...then device manager and look and see if you have a dvd/cd-rom listed .........If not , exit shut down.......then remove the side panel on your computer case ......( then after touching your fingers to the metal case ....to drain any static charge) carefully uplug the two connections on the rear of the cd-rom .......( there will be a wide flat grey cable and a four pin power cable .) While you in there follow the wide grey IDE cable that was plugged into the rear of the CD -rom down to the motherboard and ensure the plug at that end is plugged in tightly. ( be careful not to touch anything other than the plug ) Now restart , and when it finishes booting ...shut it down again . Now Plug the IDE cable that you removed back in ...and then the 4 pin power plug........now reboot and watch the lower right corner of your monitor ......you should see the message .....Windows has detected new hard ware .....Then you a few monents later you should get the message ....your new hardware has been successfully installed and is now ready to use .......
Now if Windows doesnt see the new hardware ......its either the IDE cable or the CD-rom itself ...... BTW is there anything else plugged into the IDE cable ( the cable has a plug at either end and one in the middle .)
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dl65
