By Jim Aboltin Sr. (Jjat1st) (209.86.205.58) on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 11:10 am:

My appologies for posting this here, but this the only place that one can get results.

Here is my dilemma (or perhaps I should say Catch-22):

Suddenly I have lost the use of my HP DVD-Rom and my Toshiba CD-Rom. Both drives are recognized in the "System,hardware,Device Manager", but are not recognized in the "My Computer" window...hence, I have lost the drivers. This necessitates the re-installing of Windows 2K Pro. Now here's the rub,
I can't re-install the CD because I don't have use of my CD drives. What is a poor boy to do?

I e-mailed Hewlett-Packard yesterday, still no response. Windows is a joke! So, I turn to you..."A friend in need, is a friend indeed!"

Thank you for your support...and please.(in the words of Capt. Kirk) "Make it so". - jim

By Matt Clary (Mattclary) (208.255.196.91) on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 03:23 pm:

It was Picard, not Kirk.

By Jim Aboltin Sr. (Jjat1st) (209.86.199.69) on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 03:57 pm:

Matt...

Thank you for your support...and please.(in the words of Capts. Picard & Kirk) "Make it so". Now, I'm out of this black hole at Warp4. - jim

By Jim Aboltin Sr. (Jjat1st) (209.86.208.235) on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 11:18 pm:

Problem has been solved...without the help of Hewlett-Packard or Windows. Deductive reasoning and intuitive logic held sway (I grabbed a Cognac and watched a movie and let the computer fix itself.) For those planning on offering words of wisdom.......later. - jim