hi guys,
I have been given one of those dell dimension 8200 things. I have the intention of using to do my XP exam and play around with integrity server. The previous owner obviously gutted all the bits he needed.
I have bought a fresh new hard drive and cd rom drive. The only problem is its not recognising the cd rom drive. If I go into the bios it says it is not installed.
I have done the following to try and get it working
- Changed the cable.
- Tried different Jumper settings
- Tried plugging it into the other ide port
- Tried using a bootdisk which also included a generic cd driver
- Tired installing the actual drivers.
I have also tried a cd rom drive that I know works. Its the same thing. It keeps saying that the cd rom drive is not installed. As you know its very difficult to install windows when your cd rom drive is not working. If any guys out there have any suggestions let me know.
I don't think it is the ide port as the hard drive is being recognised by the bios if I swap them over. Help me out guys :)
I have been given one of those dell dimension 8200 things. I have the intention of using to do my XP exam and play around with integrity server. The previous owner obviously gutted all the bits he needed.
I have bought a fresh new hard drive and cd rom drive. The only problem is its not recognising the cd rom drive. If I go into the bios it says it is not installed.
I have done the following to try and get it working
- Changed the cable.
- Tried different Jumper settings
- Tried plugging it into the other ide port
- Tried using a bootdisk which also included a generic cd driver
- Tired installing the actual drivers.
I have also tried a cd rom drive that I know works. Its the same thing. It keeps saying that the cd rom drive is not installed. As you know its very difficult to install windows when your cd rom drive is not working. If any guys out there have any suggestions let me know.
I don't think it is the ide port as the hard drive is being recognised by the bios if I swap them over. Help me out guys :)
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