[CGUYS] Reinstalling Windows XP

2008-11-28 Thread Robert
This is a continuation thread of a problem that started two or three months ago. What has gone before: Daughter took PC to college; sometime thereafter optical drive failed to work. Drive does not appear in My Computer. Device Manager says driver is corrupt or missing. Does not seem to be

Re: [CGUYS] Reinstalling Windows XP

2008-11-28 Thread Tony B
If the Windows boot disk isn't seen either, then the BIOS doesn't see the cd drive, and your troubleshooting has to head off in a different direction. Have you just tried an external USB cd drive until after school? On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now decide to