How do I get the Cd-rom drive back on a computer once it has been deleted off of a system running Windows 98?

Question

My sister has a really old laptop/notebook. Before my uncle gave it to her he had deleted the Cd-Rom drive off of it. How do I go about getting this back onto the system? The system is running Windows 98. Thank you all in advance

Answer 1

Step1

Disconnect power and all peripheral devices from the computer. Remove the cover of the computer case so that you can access the system board. Pop out the cover for the CD ROM drive bay with a screwdriver.

Step2

Ground yourself. Wear a wrist strap or touch a metal part of the case. Be sure you're standing on an anti-static surface like a mat or tile floor.

Step3

Check your computer manual to find out how the CD ROM drive is attached to the bay. You may have to attach a rail or screws to the side of the CD ROM to hold it in place in the bay. If you're replacing an existing CD ROM, make note of how it was installed. If the CD ROM drive uses rails to hold it in place, remove the rails from the old CD ROM drive and attach them to the new one.

Step4

Remove the CD ROM drive from its packaging. Check the manual for the drive to make sure the jumpers are set correctly. Attach screws or rails to the side of the CD ROM drive to hold it in place, if necessary.

Step5

Slide the CD ROM drive into the vacant bay. Depending on your computer, you may have to attach the drive to the rails with screws.

Step6

Attach the IDE cable to the CD ROM drive. There's a notch on the cable that ensures you put it in correctly. The other end of the cable goes to the IDE slot in the system board. This is usually next to the slot that the hard drive is plugged into.

Step7

Plug in the power cable from the power supply. Attach the audio cable to the sound card to complete the installation.

You need to install the software which is on the disk you got when you purchased the CD ROM drive.

You may need to update the necessary device drivers (most of the appropriate ones should be on the CDROM disk though, if they're not, you will need to search the net to find the appropriate ones)

Answer 2

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