My DVD Rom doesn’t work- It won’t read any discs, yet computer still recognizes it…help please?

August 3, 2009

Hello-

I have a Dell Inspiron Notebook 8200 series that is about 4-5 years old.

When I put a disc, any disc, into the dvd rom drive it will spin the disc around for about 30-45 seconds and make noise like it wants to start reading it but then it just stops and does nothing and does not read it.

When I go into ‘My Computer’ and right-click on the drive it recogonizes it and says it is working properly. Also on the self diagnostics it says it is working properly too. It just will not read a disc though, of any format.

I start school next week and really need my dvd rom drive to install some new software…can anyone think what the problem may be?

Thanks so much!

which 1 is my reboot disk or w/e?

July 18, 2009

ye im not good at rebooting so i got these 4 disk when i bought my pc. I think its 1 from these 2, here what they say:

Disk 1: Dell- Device Drivers- ALready installed on your computer use thsi media to reinstall the software..

[then under it says]: For Reinstalling Dell Inspiron 531/531s Desktop Computer Software for Microsoft Windows XP.

DISK 2: Drivers and Utilities- Already installed on your computer.

[also says] DVD for Reinstalling Dell Inspiron 531s Computer software.

Content: Device drivers, Diagnostics and utilities.

Thats what the Disks say, Which 1 is the disk that will reboot[ reformat] my PC like its new.

Also what do i do? i think i restart PC and put disk in while restarting and when the Menu thing comes, press F12 [ My boot menu] and let it read or what?

Thanks

I just got my new hard drive for my Inspriron E1505!!!! To program it which cd do I start with. I’m new @ this

July 13, 2009

This is all new to me. Which cd is first and which one is last. The cd’s I have are for my computer that DELL sent me are: reinstalling Cyberlink PowerDVD 7.0 Software, reinstallation Windows XP, reinstalling Dell Inspiron Computer Software (contents: device drivers, diagnostics and utilities), reinstalling dell tools system software (antivirus software, support software, multimedia software, internet software), Roxio Creator (my dvd combo) installer, Microsoft Works Suite, reinstalling Dell MediaDirect, Netgear (for wireless router), Printer cd that I got when I got my printer. I NEED HELP PLEASE……
Do I install all of the cd’s that I have after I install the new hardrive?????

Computer really messed up help me please.Second one says OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS VISTA and more but icanotsay

June 27, 2009

Well i got a pretty old computer. It had 2 worms once.. and my dad got it to his friend to fix it. When he fixed it he said he wouldnt fix it again.. so now its broken again and i really want to remove viruses without paying..heres some problems

1.SO MANY VIRUSES AND STUFF.
2.WHEN I OPEN A PROGRAM IT ASKS ME WHAT PROGRAM I WANT TO OPEN IT WITH.
3.I HAVE AVG 8 BUT SINCE I CANT OPEN PROGRAM SINCE IT ASKS ME WHAT PROGRAM TO..I DONT KNOW WHAT.
4.JUST MESSED UP I TRUELY WISH TO FIX.

I REALLY WANT TO FIX!!! SO ANY SOLLUTION LIKE A GUIDE TELL ME.
Here my questions:

1.I want to get a fresh new start i got 2 cds..the 1st one says:
DRIVERS AND UTILTIES- ALREADY INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER-DVD for Reinstalling Dell Inspiron 530/530s Computer Software-THe software is already installed on your computer.Use the media only to reinstall the software-Contents Device drivers Diagnostics and utilities-I got windows Xp!