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This indicates that you media (CD/DVD) cannot be read/is not recognised by your notebook drive: to make sure that you have a working drive, try inserting a know good CD/DVD. If this works, then you may have a compatibilty issue either because of the media used (eg. brand especially with Rewitable device) or the format of the data on your media (is your drive capable or reading both CD and DVD). You can assess the compatibility issue by using another computer/notebook to try to read your media.
Hope it helps: let me know how you go and good luck!

If your dvd/cd drive is not working, then you can boot up using USB. I'll give you a link, helping on that. Or you've to replace your drive. but first, clean the lens of the drive and check if its wokring. If not, you've to replace it

How to boot from USB
Check this Link : http://komku.blogspot.com/2008/11/install-windows-xp-using-usb-flash-disk.html

ah sure if shes wokring fine, you can use the two springs as earings :D

Hello ali5867,

You can check if you have a DVD connected to your laptop by simply going to your My Computer.

If you can't see your DVD rom on there, you can go to your Device Manager to double check.

You can go to your Device Manager by clicking on the Start Menu button, then drag your mouse pointer to your My Computer icon then right click on it.

Choose Properties then click on the Hardware tab. You can find the DVD/CDROM Drives.

If it's still not there, you may need to call Aspire to see how you can go about with it.

As far as burning data to your DVD or ripping data off from it, you will need a burning software for that.

You will need to get a copy of Nero. That's what I use to burn data to my DVD or rip data from your DVD to your laptop.

Hope this helps.


Art Pena
Tech Support

Insert the disks that came with the computer into the DVD drive.

That should work :).

REPLACE THE LASER

try manually configure the HDD to the BIOS setting.

input the drive parameters ( printed on the top of HDD)

next use the manufacturer disk tools of your hard drive ( download it to manufacturer web site)

ERR-15 hard drive error. need to replace hard drive also it would be easier if you just take it in a repair shop

There is a small pin whole where the dvd drive is push it in and it should come out. Nice Posting it 5 times! I guess I'll post it 5 times.

There is a small pin whole where the dvd drive is push it in and it should come out. Nice Posting it 5 times! I guess I'll post it 5 times.