[dba-Tech] DVD drive in ancient computer

[Gary Kjos]

You could disconnect the data cable to the hard drive.

Does the light on the CD/DVD drive come on at boot time like it's
reading the disk?

Here are some more ideas

https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000217.htm

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 10:56 AM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I guess that I'm terrible at describing ,my situation, So I'll try again.
> It's a hardware issue, having nothing at all to do with which particular CD
> or DVD is mounted. None of them actually work. When I investigate the drive
> itself (via Devices), WIndows reports that it is working properly. The boot
> sequence is set up to look at the DVD drive first, and then at C:\.
> The system also has another bay for a second DVD drive, and such drives are
> cheap, so maybe I should simply install a second DVD drive and set it as
> the first in the boot sequence, and see what happens.
> Ultimately, there is the junk alternative. Used PCs are incredibly cheap
> these days, but there's a nostalgia factor involved, which persists despite
> all logic. But as with divorced spouses, comes a time to stop looking in
> the rear-view mirror and move on. Perhaps that time has come. There's a
> computer museum here in Toronto, so maybe I'll donate her to the cause of
> History.
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 3:10 PM rockysmolin bchacc.com <
> rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
>
> > Can you boot another of your computers with that CD?
> >
> > Is the CD drive you're trying to boot from internal or external?
> >
> > r
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf
> > Of Arthur Fuller
> > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2020 11:45 AM
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] DVD drive in ancient computer
> >
> > It's not the CDs that are the problem. It's the drive itself, I think.
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 12:04 PM rockysmolin bchacc.com <
> > rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Perhaps the CD you are using is not a bootable CD or has the boot track
> > > damaged. Suggest you try another CD.
> > >
> > > r
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf
> > > Of Arthur Fuller
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2020 7:49 AM
> > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > > Subject: [dba-Tech] DVD drive in ancient computer
> > >
> > > Said box runs WIndows 7. It's an HP Millenium, must be more than 10 years
> > > old. probably older.
> > >
> > > The system will not boot from the CD/DVD drive. When booted from the hard
> > > drive and then I check devices and select the CD/DVD drive in question,
> > it
> > > is working properly. Except that it isn't.
> > >
> > > Any suggestion
> > >
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