Re: Drivers for HP Notebook N3438


'Lo Richard:

Group: comp.os.msdos.misc Date: Tue, Nov 29, 2005, 12:51pm (CST+6) From:
ak621@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Bonner)

script:

>***   I don't see why this would affect
>the CD-ROM. I have altered the boot
>order to boot from CD-ROM first. It
>seems to me that a hard disc should
>not even be needed in that case.

Correct. _Unless_ there is no CD in the drive,? _or_ the BIOS cannot
see the (CD) drive. In that case, the machine will try to boot from the
HD.

I presume from all that you have said so far, the CD drive is built-in
to the laptop, and not an add-on plugged into PCMCIA or USB ports.
Correct?

>***   Will that affect what I have on the
>hard drive now? I prefer not to have to
>wipe and start again. If that's the case,
>I may as well have Windows. (-:

It is beginning to sound as though you were not able to correctly wipe
the HD in the first place, in which case you may indeed have to repeat.

>PS: Two hard drive came with the laptop.
>I wiped one but left the other alone. I
>could sway and try to see if the CD-ROM
>works with that drive. (It has WIN ME on it,
>along with Linux Mandrake on another
>partition.)

WME?? GAAA!! ;-)) If we can't figure out something else that works,
this is a good option to see if the machine can even _see_ the CD drive.
If the drive is faulty/not connected properly, no driver will make the
machine see it.

salaam,
dowcom
(who is fooling with a vintage Compaq LTE 5150, and finding out how
'different' laptops can be when one is used to desktops.)

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