I have a Compaq Presario 5140 computer, Win 98 and am having problems. I had a new hard drive installed and during that time, I got an external hp cd d writer 8200 series. I didn't have any problems. Since then I got a new computer built. When doing so, I had the new hard drive taken out of the Compaq Presario. When re hooking of my cd writer, I had major problems. All of a sudden I got this message when trying to boot up, "Write Protection Error, please restart your computer." However, each time I do, I got the same thing.
I had the person who did the work take the computer and he was able to fix it without reformatting the hard drive. I decided not to try connecting the cd writer again until my brother came to town. He is now in town (at my parents) so I thought it safe to go ahead and try again. I figured it probably was something that guy had done when he took out my hard drive from the old computer. But when I installed the cd writer, the exact same thing happened. I tried putting a Windows 98 cd in the cd rom but it doesn't read it. It continues to give me the same error message. Have anyone had anything like this happen? I was hoping to see if I could get if figured out before my brother comes over since he will also be spending a lot of time networking for me. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Viveca Park Viveca's Web Solutions Make your web presence on the internet at a price you can afford. http://www.vivecaswebsolutions.com ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
