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What is the most common CD-rom interface on home and office computers?
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What is the major limitation of the CDROM as a storage medium for multimedia?
CD's speed, size (amount of data it can hold) and the fact it is W.O.R.M., Write Once, Read Many vs W.M.R.M, Write Many, Read Many (Harddrive for example) are the major drawbacks for the CDRom as multimedia storage.
How do you reinstall something that just deleted on your computer?
Normally you put the original installation CD in the CDrom drive and re-install the program.
What does the CD driver card do?
CDROM drives dont normally require a "driver card" as they are IDE devices which plug into the motherboards built-in IDE controller.
What is an io error?
I/O error means 'input / output error' and is generally triggered when you have a drive trying to read some unreadable media, such as a scratched up cdrom or DVD.
What does a harddrive on a Compaq computer look like?
Its a small metal box 3.5 inches wide, about 5 inches long and about an inch thick. It will usually be mounted in the case below the cdrom drive, and will be connected to the motherboard with a wide "ribbon cable" as well as to the power supply by a power plug with 4 wires.
How do you rate a CDROM?
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.
How do you do a rate?
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.
What is a CD-ROM card?
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.
are notebook computers cheap?
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.
When did Walnut Creek CDROM end?
Walnut Creek CDROM ended in 2000.
When was Walnut Creek CDROM created?
Walnut Creek CDROM was created in 1991.
When was the CDROM patented?
1970
If you can audibly hear your laptop reading the XP disk in its CDROM but it does not respond and there is just a blank screen what do you do?
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!!!!!!!!!!!
Is a CDROM drive an input or output device?
A CDROM drive is neither an input device or an output device. A CDROM drive is a storage device.
Does cdrom mean DVD and CD?
Yepp.
What is software holder starting with letter c?
CDROM
If a motherboard has two IDE channels how many IDE devices can be accomodated?
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.
