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Compaq Presario notebook with no CD-ROM drive or operating system?
My friend recently gave me his broken Compaq Presario notebook. It's a bit old (Presario 700 series) and it's built for Windows XP. When I turn it on the Compaq logo is seen. Then it goes to a black screen and simply says "Operating System not found." This is what he told me when he gave it to me. I figured I would just pop my Ubuntu disk in and load up that OS, but the notebook has no CD-ROM drive. There is an empty bay on the side that has a little orange tape in it. I assumed this is where the CD-ROM is supposed to be. Nothing seems to be broken, only exposed. But without enough knowledge of laptops, I'm not sure. Also, there is an empty bay on the bottom of the system directly under where the floppy drive is. I don't know what is missing here, either.
The question has 5 parts.
1. Is that the correct location for a CD-ROM drive? And with what little knowledge I've given of this device, would a new drive be able to be placed in there?
2. Where can I get a laptop internal CD-ROM drive?
3. Without an operating system, can a new CD-ROM drive be installed?
4. Without an operating system, can I use a Ubuntu install disk to install linux on this system?
5. And if none of the above will work, is there any other way to get this thing working again? Or would there be an easier way?
I guess you get what you pay for, huh?
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Basically, I didn't even own a Presario 700 Series, but I'd figure I can give you some advice anyway.
1. If I did my research correctly, the CD-ROM bay should be on the right side of your laptop according to the model and you should be able to add a CD-ROM drive in there.
2. Go to your local computer store or try these websites:
www.geeks.com
www.newegg.com
www.tigerdirect.com
You should find some notebook CD-ROM drives there for your laptop.
3. The notebook CD-ROM drive should be automatically installed as you install it on your notebook.
4. Absolutely. Either Windows or an open-source operating system like the one you have can be installed on your laptop. Just make sure you have the CD-ROM installed first and that it's set as your first booting device. Otherwise, restart your computer, hit F10 or delete to enter setup. There should be a menu selection called Standard CMOS Features. Go there and you should see a range of booting devices that says 1st Booting Device, 2nd Booting Device, and so on or something like that. Just make sure that your first booting device is your CD-ROM drive and I'd possibly recommend making the Hard Drive (HDD) as your second booting device. Then, hit F10 or whatever key specified to save and exit. And you should be able to boot from your CD to install your operating system.
5. Basically, all of the above should work. If not, my only decision would be to take the laptop to your local computer repair store or even send it to Presario if you could. Otherwise, you'd better off getting another laptop.
- 5 years ago
Probably for like, the lowest settings. Your processor is woefully slow, and your video card is so-so. And also your RAM doesn't even meet the minimum requirements. So it PROBBALY will play on lowest settings. But an upgrade is highly recommended.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
You can view and look at the images on the link below. They should give you some kind of idea. They are the same computer you got.
