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v2002 home edition

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1. What is the exact make and model of the computer?

2. Between when the games worked and now did you add any software or hardware?

3. What exactly happens when you insert those games?
a) Are they recognized?
b) Any error message?

4. Is this USB icon in the tray (by the clock) something new?
a) Do you think it is involved in some way?

1 Passario Compaq Windows XP Home Edition
2 No
3 A, no B, no
4 Yes A, yes

What is the Presario # e.g. Presario 2500

If you just place your mouse pointer over the icon on the tray does it say what it is?

Then if you right click on it is there an option to EXIT? Or what options are there?

If this just started to happen a System Restore might be the quickest fix/try.

Are you familiar with System Restore?

Its V2002 - Safely remove hardware - Same thing - Safely remove mass storage device-drives f g h i. I already did a systems restore. It didnt work, I even did a whole restore from day of purchase, that didnt work either.

The Safely Remove Hardware Icon will appear if you plug in a USB device while the computer is on.

Do you have USB external drives plugged in?

Have you tried these game disks on other computers?

Also check the Device Manager: RT click My Computer then click Manage then Device Manager or go to start/run/ devmgmt.msc for any "!"

I did not put any plug in at all. No The games work on other comp. I tried to unplug them and also delete them and remove them. It doesnt work.

Did you look at the Device Manager?

I would suggest rebooting the computer to see if that Hardware icon returns.

Went to device manager. Saw the fghi drives deleted them that didnt work. The icon always comes back. I even unplugged the cables to my comp. That didnt work either. My E drive is telling me that it is full. But I have nothing on them.

Sorry for just questions but it is hard to see from here

Device Manager: Where did you see fghi drives? Listed under what heading?

You unplugged what cables?

I was assuming that your E: drive was your CD drive: am I wrong?

Where are you getting the info that E: is full?