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DrJekyll · 08-31-2003, 04:15 PM

System specs: Asus A7V, 1-Ghz T-bird, 128 ram, GeForce 2

I've used Win98se on my system for several years now and hadn't had much difficulty. However, I'd attempted to install both XP and 2000 and had problems. Half-way through installation, my CD drives (Plexwriter 12/10/32 and Pioneer DVD) stopped being recognized. This presented a problem since the CD had files necessary to complete the installation. However, I managed a workaround by copying the files over to the hard drive. Everything installed fine from that point. Today though, I noticed that neither disc drive shows up anywhere in XP. The detection's supposed to be automatic, and it doesn't seem to list either drive under manual installation. Anyone got any idea what I'm doing wrong?

As a side question...XP takes a ridiculous amount of time to boot. It gives me the "Loading" screen and then takes at least fives minutes with a completely black screen (and no immediately detectable activity) before finally loading.

Thanks for any suggestions.

08-31-2003, 04:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
DrJekyll Crazy Location: Nowhere	Disc Drive Difficulties Under XP System specs: Asus A7V, 1-Ghz T-bird, 128 ram, GeForce 2 I've used Win98se on my system for several years now and hadn't had much difficulty. However, I'd attempted to install both XP and 2000 and had problems. Half-way through installation, my CD drives (Plexwriter 12/10/32 and Pioneer DVD) stopped being recognized. This presented a problem since the CD had files necessary to complete the installation. However, I managed a workaround by copying the files over to the hard drive. Everything installed fine from that point. Today though, I noticed that neither disc drive shows up anywhere in XP. The detection's supposed to be automatic, and it doesn't seem to list either drive under manual installation. Anyone got any idea what I'm doing wrong? As a side question...XP takes a ridiculous amount of time to boot. It gives me the "Loading" screen and then takes at least fives minutes with a completely black screen (and no immediately detectable activity) before finally loading. Thanks for any suggestions.