The optical drive in my computer it has been disabled, someone told me to look in my byos, that it might be disabled, but I don't know how
2007-01-15 23:53:26 · 4 answers · asked by bears4ever 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
They meant BIOS. When you first turn on the computer, you might see text appear that says "F1 for Setup". Try different keys if you do not see that. Try F1, F2, F10 or DELETE.
Good luck and Happy Computing!
2007-01-15 23:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The other answers should work, for getting in your BIOS. But if your optical drive has been disabled, it may have been disabled in Windows rather than in the BIOS.
If you have WinXP Pro you can check this by going to Start - Settings - Control Panel - System.
Click the tab for Hardware.
Click the button for Device Manager.
Click the + sign beside CDROM to see the drives. If there's an exclamation point, or it says the drive is disabled there, try right clicking on it and try to enable it.
2007-01-16 09:39:44 · answer #2 · answered by Krista 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get into your BIOS, look at the very first screen that displays on your laptop. Somewhere on it will be a place where it tells you what key (or key combination) to press to get into the computer's setup. Press that key.
(For Dell, it is usually F2, for Compaq is it usually F10, another common one is the Delete key)
2007-01-16 07:59:14 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
press the del key or the spacebar when you start up your computer
2007-01-16 08:24:26 · answer #4 · answered by Gangsta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋