I'll sell you one ;) Seriously you just need a laptop SATA DVD drive, it's a standard connection though the facia may not be the same colour....
Unfortunately I can't say for definite that it is the drive (though it certainly looks like it), it does look like you've ruled out any...
Given what you've posted, I'd say it's a hardware issue. Is the laptop still under warranty?
It does sound strange (Note I have the same model drive but haven't experienced this problem). I'm wondering about the retaining s c r e w any...
Best left alone for the most part (it won't speed up startup anyway) but if you must get rid (occasionally temp files can become orphaned and not...
Could be dust or pet hair (I have a dog been there done that ;)) inside the drive, try a blast of compressed air, failing that a lens cleaning disc.
What error are you getting when you try to open it jerry?
That could be the issue depending on your BIOS, I'd advise you to complete your system details and be aware this is a Windows forum. I'm not...
My bad, been busy and missed that:o I'll leave this with you.:cool:
Pete, I'm starting to think of a dodgy Hard Drive. Would you concur? chaosmachine it won't do any harm to run seatools on your barracuda. It may...
A lens cleaning disk with solution wont go amiss either. I'd also think twice about returning to that repair shop.
Too much of IE being foisted on Windows users Arie, some people just know better ;) (In my opinion)
I thought some of you would be interested in this: Classic Commodore 64 lives again Scary thing is I still have the original including tape deck...
I have done so with a couple of old hitachi drives. Firmware is very important and you cannot trust the FUBAR drive for anything other than...
Orb (Start) MS finally got the message that start to shutdown wasn't the best idea they had, but if you're used to 9x/xp it's in the same place...
I've PM'd someone who had a similar issue a few years ago. Be patient hopefully he'll chime in.
Fair enough, does this CD give the option of a repair install (non destructive)?
Do you have a Factory recovery disk or an original Vista disk? Also it gets a little confusing if you supply seemingly contradicting posts Why...
Ricky, I have Win 7 and do, sorry ;) Orb->Computer and look at the top of the window for "Map Network Drive "
The operating system runs (normally) on the C drive and often requires free space on that drive. 1.08MB is not free space think of it as a ream of...
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