Not to go into too much detail because I can quickly become lost or confused but after I managed to reload windows 10 and saving all my apps, sharing was a definite problem. The computer in question...

I ran chkdsk /r it didn't help. I ran all the commands I mentioned in the Safe mode, that too didn't help. I will follow your like and hope. Thank you very much.

I believe I need to run a repair on my Windows 10 ver. 22H2 machine. I believe that an update I tried installing today messed up the computer.

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This is the update I tried to install. It...

No but thanks. I have another newer Laptop that is serving me well at this time.

Not sure what OP means but if it means me, I already have an external DVD burner that works with this computer for the rare times I may need to use it. This computer is so old, I'm amazed it still...

Thanks you.

Here is what I did but first let me say, I would not know what Optics you are referring to. I did, however, clean the drive and gently blew it out with compressed air. I put a blank DVD disk in it an...

Yes it does and I have uninstalled it and it did reinstall on the next boot up. I have searched for an updated driver and it says it is using the best driver for it. I also searched ASUS's WEB site...

Thank you very much for that information. Yes that looks exactly like it and there are more specs there than I came up with.

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Now before I forget it, here are the specs of...

Thank you for the reply and the suggestion about the computer specs. I have 3 computers still running Windows 10 so at any given point in time the questions may pertain to a computer that is not the...

I talked to ASUS looking to download a chipset driver file to try that. There is none for my old machine. He suggested updating the BIOS and linked me to a BIOS update for my model. I downloaded and...

I may give that a try after I have tried a few other things. But I'd have to do it on another machine since that machine can't access the drive to create a bootable CD. I do have an external DVD/CD...

Thanks but it is an old computer that just sits in my livingroom and is rarely used. It just isn't worth me trying to do something that I have no experience with. But I really do appreciate you...

It burned 7 files to it, couldn't verify them, and wouldn't open or even show up in Windows File Explorer after the burn. I checked it in another computer and the files were actually on the disk and...

Not sure what you mean. I don't have anything with Linux connected to it. Thanks

]I have an older laptop running Windows 10 ver. 22H2. It the DVD drive has stopped working for some reason. I uninstalled it and restarted and the computer reinstalled the DVD driver for the DVD...

I think I'll try that and if it is running, I'll see if it can be turned off by using the /? switch. Thank you.

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From what I have tried and failed at during this attempt...

Exactly that is why I am seriously thinking of abandoning this project. I can change disks but the only thing the computer reads is the first disk that was in it. After that, as far as the computer...

Thank you.

Thank you. From what I think I have learned about FreeDOS I don't think I can use it, not even sure I can install it. Last week when I tried to make an USB boot stick using Rufus it destroyed the...

I have tried to understand what I find on the WEB about FreeDOS. I cannot seem to get a clear answer to my questions. Hopefully you or someone here will know. Right now I have my Windows HHD and my...

Thank you for the information.

But all the files I created years ago using Lotus are on 3 1/2" floppies that I would never be able to load onto the computer, as far as I know.

I have looked into it and believe it takes a Windows environment to load and use it. I can't use a Windows environment because I cannot access the external 3 1/2" floppy drive I need in order to load...

That is possible but the computer had been off for almost 15 hours and the last time it ran, it was running Win 10 trying to see if I could get it to recognize the floppy drive so I could write to...