CD's in drive do not load

Insert your system recovery disc to repair your startup.

1. Change your Bios to boot from disc:
When your computer powers on, hit F2 (on some computers, F8 on others). Use your arrow keys and move to the right to your BOOT option. Hit the down arrow until you select your CD/DVD drive. Look at the bottom of your screen, and it should say to change the option hit F7 or F8. Use the specified keys, and move your CD/DVD drive above your hard-drive. Save your settings.

2. Boot from your disc. Insert your system recovery disc and restart your computer. Let the recovery disc load. If the option comes up to hit any button to boot from CD/DVD, then hit any button. Once it loads, it should come to a spot where it wants your language. Select your language, then select the option "Startup Repair". Click on it, and let it repair the startup. If it automatically starts correcting your startup then great! If not, then select your operating system from the list and click the Repair Startup option. Restart your computer, and hopefully it will boot from your hard-drive correctly.

Hope this works.

P.S. If it continues to boot from your recovery disc, then using the same method in step 1, go to your bios, and move your CD/DVD drive below your hard-drive.

Insert your system recovery disc to repair your startup.

1. Change your Bios to boot from disc:
When your computer powers on, hit F2 (on some computers, F8 on others). Use your arrow keys and move to the right to your BOOT option. Hit the down arrow until you select your CD/DVD drive. Look at the bottom of your screen, and it should say to change the option hit F7 or F8. Use the specified keys, and move your CD/DVD drive above your hard-drive. Save your settings.

2. Boot from your disc. Insert your system recovery disc and restart your computer. Let the recovery disc load. If the option comes up to hit any button to boot from CD/DVD, then hit any button. Once it loads, it should come to a spot where it wants your language, then select the option "Startup Repair". Click on it, and let it repair the startup. Restart your computer, and hopefully it will boot from your hard-drive correctly.

Hope this works.

Chadlnrd

P.S. If it continues to boot from your recovery disc, then using the same method in step 1, go to your bios, and move your CD/DVD drive below your hard-drive.

OK, I would try to restore to the earliest date possible, or Recover to original state of computer from factory. The latter is more radical than the former, but it will guarantee that any corrupt files are eliminated.

Hi,

You can follow the following steps to have the sound enabled in Quicken 2011.

1. Ensure your Quicken program has been updated to the latest release.
2. From the Quicken Edit menu, choose Preferences, and then choose Quicken Program.
3. Select Setup, and then select the Turn on Quicken sounds checkbox, and then click OK.
4. If the issue persists, make sure that your speakers have not been muted and that the sound volume is correct (refer to your operating system's Help for instructions).
   Note: Quicken sounds will only be available if logged in using the same user profile that was used to install Quicken.
5. If Quicken is unable to produce sounds despite following the above instructions, Reinstall quicken in selective startup.
   

Note: This process requires you to restart your computer.
Restart your computer in Selective Startup Mode, and then install Quicken.
To restart the computer in Selective Startup mode:

1. Click the Microsoft Windows Start button and select Run.
2. In the Open field, enter MSCONFIG, and then click OK.
3. On the General tab, select Selective Startup, and then select Load System Services (ensuring all others are unchecked).
4. On the Services tab, in the area below the scrolling list, be sure that Hide all Microsoft Services is not selected.
5. Click Disable all to clear all selected services.
6. Select Windows installer, and then click OK.
7. When prompted, click Restart.
8. When your computer restarts, run the Quicken installation from the CD-ROM.
   When you place the Quicken installation CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive, the Quicken installation should start automatically. If it does not, you can start it manually:
   1. Close all open applications.
   2. Click the Microsoft Windows Start button and select Run.
   3. In the Open field, enter D:\INSTALL.EXE, where D is the name of your CD-ROM drive.
   4. Click OK, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

After the installation process completes, return your system to its previous configuration:

1. Click the Microsoft Windows Start button and select Run.
2. In the Open field, enter MSCONFIG, and then click OK.
3. On the General tab, select Normal Startup.
4. Click OK, and then click Restart.

the installation is not successful, try installing from your hard disk. For instructions see below.

Copying Quicken to your hard drive and installing it from there resolves many of the issues that can occur during installation.

1. Right-click on your desktop and select New > Folder. This creates a folder named New Folder on the desktop.
2. Place the Quicken CD-ROM in your computer's CD-ROM drive. If you are prompted to install Quicken, click No or Cancel.
3. Click the Microsoft® Windows® Start button and select My Computer.
4. Right click the CD-ROM drive with the Quicken CD and select Copy.
5. Open the New Folder created in step 1.
6. Select the Edit menu and select Paste. This copies the contents of the Quicken program from the CD-ROM to the hard disk. When the copy is complete, the DISK1 and Custom folders appear in the New Folder window.
7. Double-click the DISK1 folder to display the contents, and then double-click Setup.exe.
8. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Load gray disc 1 and then shut down computer. Power back up and press option key. Select the start up disc and press enter or the right icon arrow key. Wait for the thing to load. Then at the top select the Disk Utility and then select your hard drive at the left panel. Then select the button that says repair disk permissions. Then select the button that says repair disk. After that restart the computer using the hard drive and not the disk.

Next step is this tedious process is shut down computer. Now press power button and immediately press at the same time the option key, and the apple icon key next to it, and the letter P and the letter R. Now wait until you hear 3 bong sounds from the speakers and then you can let go.

Next step is to select system preferences, select accounts, select your account, select login in items and select everything in the box. Now press the - icon to remove them. Don't stress your not removing the actual programs. Your just telling the laptop not to load them upon startup.

Next step, you need to go into disk utilities and partition the hard drive into 2 sections. 1 section will load Mac OS X and the other section will load Windows 7.

Finally, you should remove your RAM and re-seat them as sometimes that causes long startups. Also, check the about my mac to make sure both RAM chips are recognized and working. Also, upgrade to the max RAM allowable to speed up startup times and upgrade to 7200 RPM hard drive instead of your 5400 RPM.

Hope this helps you. Cheers old chap.

Shut down the mac by holding in the power button for about 10 seconds.
Is the CD a system CD or something else?
If it's a system CD restart the mac and hold down the letter C on the keyboard. after about 30 seconds the mac should boot up into installation mode. If it does, click on the language then then at the next page go up to the menu bar and locate Utilities and disk utility. Run the disk repair then try and restart. (The flashing ? means that the computer cannot find a start-up drive with a valid system on it. The repair routine can sometimes fix that - it doesn't always though.)
If it's not a system CD and you obviously need to get it out before you can do anything else - restart the mac but this time instead of holding down the C key, hold down the click on the mouse. It takes 10 to 15 seconds (sometimes longer) but it will force the computer to eject t the CD.

Based on your indication the CD drive is clean, and you know the cables are attached to it, inside the computer. (Flat ribbon IDE interface cable, and 4-pin Molex connector power cable)

1.Go to Device Manager

Left-click on Start. Right-click on My Computer. Go down, and Left-click on Properties. Left-click on the Hardware tab. Go down, and Left-click on Device Manager.

Left-click on the + sign to the left of, DVD/CD-ROM drives.
Right-click right on the name of the CD drive.

(Example: Lite On DVDRW LH-20A1P.
eMachines Support indicates the T5212 has a DVD burner drive, and a CD drive. Right-click on the CD drive name))

In the drop down list, Left-click on Properties.
Left-click on the Driver tab
Go below, and Left-click on the Update Driver 'button'. Now go below, and Left-click on OK.

Close all windows, go back to your desktop screen.
Shut your computer down normally. (Start>Turn Off Computer>Shut Down)

Do Not Restart. We need a 'Hard Shut Down'.
Wait 1 minute, turn your computer on.

Still doesn't work?
Let's play hard ball.

2.Go back to Device Manager. Left-click on the + sign to the left of DVD/CD-ROM drives. Right-click on the name of the CD drive. Left-click on Properties. Left-click on the Driver tab.
This time go down, and Left-click on the Uninstall 'button'. Go below, and Left-click on OK

There will be a Microsoft 'squawk box' that comes up. "Warning you are about to uninstall this device"
Left-click on OK. (It IS okay!)

Close all windows. Shut down your computer normally. (Again, we need a 'Hard Shut Down'. To Restart a computer is known as a 'Soft Shut Down')

Wait 1 minute. Turn your computer on.
After Windows loads all the way, and all of your Start Menu programs have loaded, you should see a pop-up out of your system tray. (Bottom of Windows desktop screen)

"Found New Hardware", and perhaps another one, "Found XYZ CD drive". (XYZ = the CD drive name)

No still?

The driver for your CD drive, is located within the Windows XP operating system on your computer.
If your CD drive does not work now, I suggest it has failed.

Drives such as Optical drives, and Harddrives, are mechanical devices. Their 'Lifespan', is rated in so many hours of usage. Your CD drive may be at the end of it's 'Lifespan'.

if you can get into safemode
click start then run
type msconfig
in general tab click normal startup mode load all drivers etc.
then click okay or apply
restart and then if a box appears click do not show again
hope this helps if not let me know

This is not too uncommon scorcher63.
From what you stated, when windows does start it only goes so far & than re-starts it's self, like loading in a loop. Than at times it loads the start up options.
For reasons unknown, your windows (startup files) are corrupted. Easyest way to fix this is. Put you windows CD in the cdrom, shut down the system. Start the PC & press the F8 key every 2 seconds. A boot menue will load. Use the up & down arror keys & choose the cdrom drive. You will see (to boot from cd press any key), press the space bar. The cdrom will startup. Windows will start to load. You want to repair windows. This option will re-install windows but will leave most of your personal data alone. Like My Documents your username. Some programs "may" need to be re-installed. After installation is complete remove the windows cd & shut off the PC. Start the Pc, windows should load. Run Windows Update. If you have a antivirus program please do a full system scan. Run windows Defrag program.
scorcher63, if you have more question just post them here.