Cdrom drive and dvd drive won't read any cd

Your hard drive may have gone south. Remove it and check with diagnostic software. Bad sectors in critical areas of operating system data will do this.

Hi,
plz follow the steps...

1. Insert windows xp bootable cd into the drive
2. Power on the machine
3. When the logo displays, press F12 to show the boot menu
4. Select the CD/DVD
5. System will start the job
6. After showing Setup is starting windows, it'll shows the install option
7. Press ENTER
8. It'll show the drive but the drive is not partitioned
9. You can easily understand by reading the instructions
10. While creating it'll ask for drive space
11. Put 50000
12. Press ENTER
13. It'll ask for type of file system that you have needed, select the 1st one (Quick using NTFS)
14. It'll ask 4 format the specific drive. for that you have to press 'F'
15. It'll format and copy the needed files
16. System will restart. After restarting it'll start the job. plz wait.....!!! (system restart many times to complete its job)
17. While working it'll ask for the product key, time, etc.
18. Sit infront relax and give the needed information that you can understand easily

thanks & regards
Anas K A

try this link:

http://www.fixya.com/support/r5393255-windows_password_recovery

If you have lost windows password, the best thing for you is creating a password reset disk.Actually,when you add a password to your pc,the first thing you should do is creating a disk in case you lost the password.But how to make a password reset disk after you have lost the password ? Follow these
You need to prepare:
1:A blank CD/DVD or USB flash drive
2.A computer which can link to internet
3.A program called Windows Password Key
Then let's begin
Step 1.Login to a PC which can link to internet,Download and install the program from in that PC
Step 2.Run the program and burn to CD/DVD OR USB flash drive
Step 3.Turn to your locked PC,insert the newly create CD or USB to your drive.Reboot the Computer and then follow the instructions,it is very easy to use.

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Lost user password in XP with networking set-up on HP

The best way to do this is using the Offline NT Password & Registry editor.
You can download it at the following link: http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

This utility will enable you to reset the password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista etc. system.
The link above includes some directions on how to use this utility.

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Yu possibly have a virus
You will need to format the hard drive and reload Windows if this doesn't work you will need a new hard drive.
Try to "defragment the hard drive 1st. check the disk for errors.

you'll have to use a password recovery tool for windows.
Try www.password-changer.com and http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/.

Yes you will be able to reinstall Windows xp if you het a new hard drive and a cdrom that works for this laptop. You can also try a external cdrom

Are you attempting to boot from a bootable disc? A failed drive can cause the other on the bus not to work. Try each one separate set as master or cs (cable select).

this problem may due to virus , so better you reinstall your system

Clean the CD and see if that works. Are there any scratches on it?