USMCNJ
12-19-2006, 05:09
i just installed a wireless card on my notebook and my optical drive stopped working.
The correct drive name and model is picked up in the device manager, but it has an error (Code 37)
I tried updating drives -> drive not found.
I tried uninstalling the wireless card -> nothing.
I tried a different optical drive -> doesn't work either. (is picked up by device manager)
I tried switching the boot order to cd first, and reboot with a windows xp cd in the drive -> windows start up with out giving me an option to boot from cd.
I tried rebooting with a Ultimate Boot CD in the drive --> the ultimate boot starts but the test hangs on the secondary drive test for 30 min (i restart)
What do i do?
The only possibility i could think is getting an external cd drive and formatting the hard drive and reinstalling windows.
What could be the problem?
Thanks in advance.
The correct drive name and model is picked up in the device manager, but it has an error (Code 37)
I tried updating drives -> drive not found.
I tried uninstalling the wireless card -> nothing.
I tried a different optical drive -> doesn't work either. (is picked up by device manager)
I tried switching the boot order to cd first, and reboot with a windows xp cd in the drive -> windows start up with out giving me an option to boot from cd.
I tried rebooting with a Ultimate Boot CD in the drive --> the ultimate boot starts but the test hangs on the secondary drive test for 30 min (i restart)
What do i do?
The only possibility i could think is getting an external cd drive and formatting the hard drive and reinstalling windows.
What could be the problem?
Thanks in advance.