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Pat,
CD/DVD burners. They are cheap replacements - here is the one I used when I rebuilt my old Dell for my daughter - any new one should be plug and play as mine was.

Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM

If you have your original as supplied Dell XP CD, why not just install a clean new hard drive.

This is, and again for my daughter's and my old Dell, and a duplicate of what was in there and possibly what you have in yours:

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE WD800AAJS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

They will ship it and you will have it in your hands by Thursday/Friday latest. For about $80 you will probably get another 2-3 years out of your Dell. The only downside is that you potentially lose what files and programs are on your system - I did but on purpose as I didn't want to transfer crap to either my new PC or even the rebuilt unit. There wasn't a thing that I've missed but the 'FAVORITES' but am rebuilding that file as needed (I did download them to a CD, JIC as I did 'MY DOCUMENTS' and 'MY PICTURES')

AS A NOTE - with OEM listed items, you don't get anything but the part - no CD, much in the way of instructions, fancy box or extended warranty - but the item is significantly cheaper.

COOL, COOL, COOL!!!! I have my drives back!
I took the DVD player that I had put into mine from the wifes (about 2yrs agd) that quit after the 1st 6months, and put them back, everything came back. my CD player always worked till about a yr ago. I show both my E & D drives and they both work normal!
No more hitting F1 a start up! and the only error is for Gator.
I guess I pass the yr end test!
The DVD still does not work in the wifes, but it shows it in the "My computer" were mine didn't!
Now I can load Solidworks in!
I still have to fix the printer(A new one), and the Gator error I get. ( write down all my codes & passwords, then remove or fix it. ) and get the wife a new DVD player or just a CD burner. I have a good used CD drive sitting here I was going to try in mine.

Can I put a CD player in place of a DVD player, and not change the driver, or do I delete the old DVD driver, and install a CD driver, or just get a new DVD player?

Thanks for all the help!

Pat

CD and DVD players won't require you to change a driver. A DVD player requires software to play a movie, however if you already have software installed you should be good. The same goes for CD and DVD burners, if the software is already there you should be good to go. Just swap out the drives.....Windows will handle it.

Thanks, I'll put in and give it a try!

Pat

Well it did work, the front cover won't go back on with that CD player, Sooooo, I switch hers back and will get her a new DVD player later, she doesn't real use it, so it's not a hurry!
I worked on the printer, Wizard couldn't find a driver, so I found it and it won't print,it's out of black ink! I don't know, I don't want to buy ink for it, and have it still gives me crap! I think I'll just get another printer.

The computer runs Great, always has, I just screwed it up, and now it's back the way it was! minus the printer of course

No new mother board needed, just 2008 maintenance! (change plugs & some carb cleaner)

Pat

Originally Posted by HemiTCoupe

I worked on the printer, Wizard couldn't find a driver, so I found it and it won't print,it's out of black ink! I don't know, I don't want to buy ink for it, and have it still gives me crap! I think I'll just get another printer.

Pat

Try Printpal, cheap cartidges and fix kits for clogged heads on printers. It worked well for me and my old Dell printer for almost 7 years. I'd hold off buying a new printer, until you get a new PC. The package deals, Dell offers these days are hard to beat! Printpal - Online Inkjet Store - Home Page

Mine is about 9 months older, the reason I switched the DVD player is because hers quit, and I put it in mine to see if it was her DVD player or the driver. My DVD player worked in hers, but hers would not work in mine, But my CD player still worked, then about a yr later my CD player did not work any more, and now didn't show up in "MY computer". I switched them back and my computer went back to normal, and her DVD player is back in hers and it still doesn't work, it's just a bad player!
The one I tried is almost 2 yrs old, it worked in hers, it just didn't fit in the face plate right.

I do not have the "NewDot" spyware virus in there any more, I removed the error yesterday, I do have the "CMEIIAPI - failed to start" but that is my Gator doing that. I did that by removing a part of it, when I did get a Spyware virus, which I did kill right away. I will fix that later (soon).

The printer has a mind of it's own at times, it screws up for both computers. (A-B switch, not networked together) it only cost $40.00 new and it is a Epson C62.

I don't believe there is anything wrong with computer, I just screwed it up!

Our last pc's,(custom made with top everything) the wife e-mailed me, and a virus came in with it, a worm, and started to e-mail parts of my Mastercam to people in mail box, and they would reply, Why did you send this to me? and I didn't! then I got my taste of the BLUE screen!! and shortly after, my wifes computer actually went up in smoke!!! and now we have Dell's!

Pat

You have at least three problems with your PC. What version of windows are you using? If it is too old, it may not be compatible with new DVD or CR rom drives. Secondly when wierd error messages pop up now, they are 99% of the time a virus, worm or spyware that is deleting things to keep you from removing it from your system. Now days when I get a error message, I cut and paste it to google and do a search. Here's what came up with yours... How To: Fix 'Error loading C:\PROGRA~1\NEWDOT~1\NEWDOT~1.DLL'
Thirdly your wife had a new computer when you swapped cd drives. Most newer versions of windows have a bank of built in drivers to recognize old hardware. Your drive thus would be recognized and work in her computer. Her drive is newer than your whole system, so your version of windows should not recognize it and be able to apply the right drivers to run it. If you have the drive software for her drive you may be able to load it as long as you both have the same operating systems. I think as a few people have stated that emminent dome lies ahead if this is a worm virus. Recently I got one that kept loading windows error messages that would pop up warning you that you need to click here to fix. It looked very legit, when you clicked the link, it would take you to web sites with correction software that really was more virus stuff. It also put a critical virus background with flames on my computer as wallpaper that I couldn't get rid of. It turned out the wallpaper was actually a running web page with the virus in it. I was running Norton 360 plus have firewalls setup on that computer. This form of worm came through as spyware, which is not filtered by Norton. I had to completely reload windows XP to get rid of it, then go to Dell and download all of the updated drivers for my computer.
I hate the little cretans who come up with this stuff. I'd love to get them in a room and let them suffer like they make us suffer trying to fix all their malicious viruses! Now I run Piriform CCleaner ( a free program that gets rid of all sorts of problems) everyday on start up. Good Luck. Steve.