CDROM just quit...

I am trying desperatley to reinstall drivers for my CDROM. It s a Dell
Dimension 4300 and the drivers for the LG8482b were installed at the
factory.
Right now there is no driver ...no record of the thing ever being installed
on the machine....Device manager ...only shows the burner and not the cd
rom. I ran some Flash thing that totally erased the drivers for it. I found
a driver on and installed it...it installed it to a folder it made call
C:/CDROM which shows up in explorer (windows) but when I hit an executable
within that folder called EJECT it opens the burner....so does that mean it
applied it to the existing one?meaning the burner?
What folder do I need to extract those files to? is it
C:/windows/system32/cdrom? I see that one there?where do the drivers for the
cdrom reside?
Thanks in advance
Dad

"Daddio" <quakemaster2@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> C:/windows/system32/cdrom? I see that one there?where do the drivers
> for the cdrom reside?

Your CDROM drive is dead. There is no special driver that must be loaded
for your CDROM drive, what you have downloaded is probably a DOS driver
(generic) for CDROM drives.

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DeMoN LaG wrote:
> "Daddio" <quakemaster2@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:1L_Tb.1595$SY3.277996@read2.cgocable.net:
>
>> C:/windows/system32/cdrom? I see that one there?where do the drivers
>> for the cdrom reside?
>
> Your CDROM drive is dead. There is no special driver that must be
> loaded for your CDROM drive, what you have downloaded is probably a
> DOS driver (generic) for CDROM drives.

What he said.

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Indeed.
Besides, if you have a burner, why do you need another CD-Rom?
If you really need it, buy a new one. Theyre dirt cheap now.
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"Night_Seer" <ecamacho4 at hotmail dot com> wrote in message
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> DeMoN LaG wrote:
> > "Daddio" <quakemaster2@hotmail.com> wrote in
> > news:1L_Tb.1595$SY3.277996@read2.cgocable.net:
> >
> >> C:/windows/system32/cdrom? I see that one there?where do the drivers
> >> for the cdrom reside?
> >
> > Your CDROM drive is dead. There is no special driver that must be
> > loaded for your CDROM drive, what you have downloaded is probably a
> > DOS driver (generic) for CDROM drives.
>
> What he said.
>
> --
> Night_Seer
>
>

Ooops! forgot to mention... do this from DOS..

Start up with a windows 98 boot disk (Floppy..) and insert the floppy run
setupd... Etc.


BTW these guys are mistaken i believe..... CD drives DO need drivers...
atapi drivers... Windows installs CD generic CD-rom drivers in the form of
registry keys during setup so you dont see them ... (Just like yr disk
controllers and cpu clock etc etc..)


"Daddio" <quakemaster2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1L_Tb.1595$SY3.277996@read2.cgocable.net...
> I am trying desperatley to reinstall drivers for my CDROM. It s a Dell
> Dimension 4300 and the drivers for the LG8482b were installed at the
> factory.
> Right now there is no driver ...no record of the thing ever being
installed
> on the machine....Device manager ...only shows the burner and not the cd
> rom. I ran some Flash thing that totally erased the drivers for it. I
found
> a driver on and installed it...it installed it to a folder it made call
> C:/CDROM which shows up in explorer (windows) but when I hit an executable
> within that folder called EJECT it opens the burner....so does that mean
it
> applied it to the existing one?meaning the burner?
> What folder do I need to extract those files to? is it
> C:/windows/system32/cdrom? I see that one there?where do the drivers for
the
> cdrom reside?
> Thanks in advance
> Dad
>
>

Daddio wrote:
>
> rom. I ran some Flash thing that totally erased the drivers for it. I found

I had a flashy thing once it like erased your recent memory.

"John Banks" <soxmis@dustywheels.fslife.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bvu3f0$2ck$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
<snip>

> BTW these guys are mistaken i believe..... CD drives DO need drivers...
> atapi drivers... Windows installs CD generic CD-rom drivers in the form
of
> registry keys during setup so you dont see them ... (Just like yr disk
> controllers and cpu clock etc etc..)
>

I'm drifting off topic here but would drivers be the problem with my CDROM's
(I have two) not able to read some of the latest music CD's? I find that
some of that have been manufactured in the past 2-3 years will not read. I
borrowed some Cd's from our public library and one is only a year old. It
refuses to work in one drive and is stubborn and cranky in the other. The
disc is in very good condition. This has happened on several occasions but
not with older CD's.

<snip>

labatyd wrote:

>
> "John Banks" <soxmis@dustywheels.fslife.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:bvu3f0$2ck$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>
> <snip>
>
>> BTW these guys are mistaken i believe..... CD drives DO need drivers...
>> atapi drivers... Windows installs CD generic CD-rom drivers in the form
> of
>> registry keys during setup so you dont see them ... (Just like yr disk
>> controllers and cpu clock etc etc..)
>>
>
> I'm drifting off topic here but would drivers be the problem with my
> CDROM's (I have two) not able to read some of the latest music CD's? I
> find that some of that have been manufactured in the past 2-3 years will
> not read. I borrowed some Cd's from our public library and one is only a
> year old. It refuses to work in one drive and is stubborn and cranky in
> the other. The disc is in very good condition. This has happened on
> several occasions but not with older CD's.
>
> <snip>

Copy "protected" CDs. It should say on the packaging if it is.