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levr0x0rz

I have an old Compaq Presario 5600 I got from a relative. The hard drive was formated through prompt, so not only will the system not boot (because there is not one), it will not read CD's so I can load an Operating System. I want to load Linux Umbuntu onto the system, but how can I find the correct drivers to get the CD drive working? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Lev

Lord Chance

Originally Posted by levr0x0rz

I have an old Compaq Presario 5600 I got from a relative. The hard drive was formated through prompt, so not only will the system not boot (because there is not one), it will not read CD's so I can load an Operating System. I want to load Linux Umbuntu onto the system, but how can I find the correct drivers to get the CD drive working? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Lev

Good day and welcome to PCHelp Forum Lev,

If the CDrom is in good working order then all you may need to do is access the BIOS and set the CDrom to boot first. If you happen to have one of the old legacy drives then you would be better off buying a new drive...they are very cheap. I am running the newest Unbuntu release. It likes lots of memory but it it worth the extra...

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levr0x0rz

Thank you for the reply. The only drives on this PC that are readable are the A floppy drive, and C, but C is empty, so commands are not working on it. My issue is I cannot find any drivers for generic CD-ROM Drives, that will fit onto a floppy disk. I have tried to utilize my flash drive, and it does not register on the PC.

I have a Boot Disk, made from BootDisk.com for Windows 95, but I am not 100% sure how to use it, it doesn't come with any reading material.

Any additional help would be appreciated, thank you in advance.

Lev

Lord Chance

Originally Posted by levr0x0rz

Thank you for the reply. The only drives on this PC that are readable are the A floppy drive, and C, but C is empty, so commands are not working on it. My issue is I cannot find any drivers for generic CD-ROM Drives, that will fit onto a floppy disk. I have tried to utilize my flash drive, and it does not register on the PC.

I have a Boot Disk, made from BootDisk.com for Windows 95, but I am not 100% sure how to use it, it doesn't come with any reading material.

Any additional help would be appreciated, thank you in advance.

Lev

If you remember, the CD needs to be set to boot in the BIOS. If you need help accessing the BIOS let me know. The instllation CD that Ubuntu comes on is a live/bootable CD. It has the drivers for the drive so all you need do is put the installation CD in the drive and boot the PC.

To use the boot disk just put the disk in drive A: then boot making sure drive A: is set to boot first. When you come to the C:> prompt type D: (assuming the CD worked and the drive was assigned D

If you can not access the CD doing this then most likely the drive is bad. Before giving up on the drive check and make sure the cables are connected properly.

LC

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