I have tried searching for a driver that will work with Vista and have come up with nothing. My laptop is a toshiba p35-s605. When i had XP i checked to see if my comp was ok for vista and it said my video card would work but recomended that i update it. Since then i have had vista installed and would like to go back to XP untill more of the bugs are worked out. I have the XP software but cannot load it because my cd drive doesnt work. I cant find a driver to download to be able to read a disk. Anyone have any help? I have a Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-831S ATA
2007-03-12 10:41:35 · 6 answers · asked by Ed d 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Does the drive work when vista hasn't loaded yet? I mean when you just start up the laptop and it's still in DOS.
Does the drive tray even come out? If it does, then you should insert the XP disk and boot from it. Install it, then your problem should be solved.
Vista sucks.
2007-03-12 10:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by xFrozen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't recommend upgrading to Vista. It has many compatibility issues. The experts who have are now uninstalling it.
A good rule of thumb is to wait until the latest official Microsoft OS release is at least 1 year old. I wait until Microsoft has release at least 2 Service Packs released before I upgrade.
Sorry you had to learn the hard way. Good luck.
2007-03-12 10:48:25 · answer #2 · answered by Noodle Head 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Will it play an audio cd or used cd-r? Sounds to me like a grimy laser diode in the author. little bit of airborne dirt and dirt can not get the biggest outstanding wavelength on the pickup. purely attempt a cd purifier in the previous changing the author itself.
2016-11-24 23:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by bate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you tried going to toshiba;s website and looking for drivers there?
2007-03-12 10:45:08 · answer #4 · answered by stupidgirll74 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates pwns you.
2007-03-16 09:48:19 · answer #5 · answered by Nunya B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go here for help, someone will be able to walk you through
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums
2007-03-12 10:44:45 · answer #6 · answered by Linds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋