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Boot from a parallel port CD Drive.

HI,

Since I am not good at explaining things, I will expose the whole situation.

I have a Dell Optiplex GX150 and the CD-Drive that comes with it does not work. I have tried everything to have it working but nothing worked and I gave up. However, I got a windows ME emergency disk and formated the HDD but the problem remains. Today I got an external HP CD Writer plus 7500 (2-4x) that connects using a parallel port. When booting up this device is not recognized so I can't install any OS. I went the HP site to check drivers but none of them seem to be suitable for DOS, so I don't know how to get the external CD Drive recognized. Does any one have an idea on how to solve this problem?

Thanks.

Dali

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magus123

i was looking at that , and checked on ebay , looks like a oem specific drive. not standard,
but i could be wrong. but only way to find out is open the tower and see.
he maybe be able to fit in the bay , but may have issues in the front bezel.

heres dell instalation help on that model

http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/systems/opgx150/sm_en/smdsktp.htm#5_25in_drive

http://myweb.thump.net/1822/dellcase5.jpg
http://i22.ebayimg.com/02/i/01/b6/f1/08_1.JPG
http://i24.ebayimg.com/02/i/01/b7/3b/70_1.JPG
http://myweb.thump.net/1822/dellcase4.jpg
http://myweb.thump.net/1822/dell%20case.jpg

magus123

some dell messageboard people are saying it uses a slim line cd-rom , like on laptops , so
it must be a replacment oem drive
here

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=oplex_cdrom

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daliernest

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I am reading at all the suggestions. I will try them now and get back with results.