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Each IDE connector on the board supports two channels per. (Two drives) The combination of drives can vary. For instance, hard drive-cdrom, hard drive-hard drive, cdrom-cdrom, ect....ect.
if it is DVD or CDROM both,otherewise only one
In the early take up period of computer cdrom drives, Pc's required an interface to drive the unit itself. Later on, the drives were created able to utilise the IDE interface.
CDROM drives dont normally require a "driver card" as they are IDE devices which plug into the motherboards built-in IDE controller.
CDROM drives do not get infected with virus. May be there is a driver problem. You can first run one of the free anti-virus like AVG and enable your CD ROM drive if you want to reinstall OS from a CD/DVD. - Neeraj Sharma
Walnut Creek CDROM ended in 2000.
Walnut Creek CDROM was created in 1991.
A CDROM is a disc that contains data and computer software like video gaming. Computers can read the CDROM it is a read only memory and cannot be written on.
Notebook computers aren't as cheap as say, netbook computers, they are way cheaper. You forfeit the cdrom, and disc drives, but it is worth it, they are about 250.00 at best buy, they are also cheap at walmart.
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go to cmos and set cdrom to be first bootable disk. then click to start windows with cdrom support. ensure your cdrom is working ok. also ensure that your xp disk has autorun installed (some do not). Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!
A CDROM drive is neither an input device or an output device. A CDROM drive is a storage device.