Knoppix crash -> no cdrom drive

[eXisTeNz]

Hi all,

I managed to run Knoppix, but when I tried to open Mozilla, Knoppix crashed. So I had to press the reset button and reboot. However, now Windows still recognizes my cdrom drive but wont access it. Same when I try to boot from my cdrom drive, it fails.

Can someone help me out here?

Thx a lot!

-eXisTeNz

[fingers99]

This is odd. Is the machine a Dell, by any chance? If so, a search here will throw up ideas (if not a reason).

Try a cold (as in, power off, remove the plug, make a cup of coffee) reset.

[windos_no_thanks]

From what you've said it could also be the other way around:

CD drive fails --> Knoppix crashes