Ok i have a Dell Studio 1735 laptop media setup with Windows VIsta 32bi
Home premium
I got board of the XP modded (Pirate Edition- seriauly its called that
install so i formatted today an installed but got the dreaded "no drive
detected" (the one where its wants Sata drives from floppy)(i managed t
work my way around this by installing the VISTA OS on anoter laptop a
changing the hard drive back
I have no problems apart from the DVD drive it seems it does not wann
be seen in My Computer OR device manager (checked for yellow devices a
rescaned for new hard ware changed MANY times
Iv tried regedit fix with deleteing the uppercase an lowercase thing
(which wasnt there anyway) and iv tried the Microsofts fix fo
0X0000007B that keeps coming up when booting up (it boots bluescreen
with said error then lets me boot up normally after i reset it
i can put in cd or dvd in the drive an have them come out no problem a
i can hear them beaing "read
anyone got any idea cos im stuck (im just a lowly network techiie al
hardware is evil
THANKS in advance for ANY help :cool
p.s
Sad to say i cannot get into bios dues to my little brother thinkin
pressing buttons while im on toilet is fun an reset my "unlock setup
password

(those who havent had to suffer this laptop this f...
thing has a password to unlock bios then the bios password along with
admin password....):rolleyes
oh and my battery is dead so cant update bio
FILE ATTACHED IS PRINT SCREEN OF DEVICE MANAGER AN SYSTEM INF
the ATA device is my hard driv
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