I have 2 bays but I don't seem to have disc drives. Can this be or am I mistaken?

Overheat catalytic converter during your drive??????

First things first. Make sure you don't have anything connected in the USB sockets or the bays (CDs etc). Disconnect from the charger and also remove the battery. Hold down the 'on' button for 10 seconds...this will reset your laptop. Reconnect to power and try to switch on again. If the laptop still doesn't function it may be a RAM problem or a hard disc problem (you can try removing and re-installing both). It's worth trying a Windows installation disc to see if the laptop can boot from that. If it can, that will prove your RAM and motherboard is OK and indicate a problem with loading Windows. You don't say whether you get any 'splash' screen....that's the one that usually gives the manufacturers name briefly. If you don't even get that, it could be a bad omen. If you can get the Windows installation disc to boot, you can do a repair installation. To do that you go right through the installation procedure until you get the prompt asking you if you want a new installation or repair installation. This is different from the Repair Console- don't select that. You may find that the installation fails because the hard disc is no good. In that case you will have to transfer your data onto a new disc, there's free software to do that (you will need another laptop or PC)

hello,

Normaly you don't need a instalation disk because your OS will recognize it but in case it doesent enter in bios and then shold work.

Depending on the hard drive, it may need to be 'initialized' before the computer can recognize it. This is best done by putting the hard drive in a working computer and going to, if using Windows, right-click My Computer, select Manage and clicking Disc Management where you will see the uninitialized drive.
You will need to create a partition and format it. Then your Acer should see it.
If you don't have a second computer then you will need to insert an operating installation disc in the drive and have that operating system's software format the disc.

get you self a external dvd drive

That means the system could not find the boot files on the drive it is trying to start the boot process from. Make sure you don't have a disk in the CD/DvD drive. Sometimes the first boot option might be the CD/DvD drive and if you have something in the drive other than a boot disk you'll get that message.

Go into your Bios or System Setup and make sure that you are booting from your hard drive as your first or 2nd option (after the cd/dvd).

If you are booting from your hard drive and it does not find the boot files then they are corrupt or missing. Run the Check Disk Utility to repair the files.

To run the check disk utility you will need a repair disc ora operating system disc. Put the disc in the cd drive and boot fromit. You want to get to the Dos Command Prompt (Black screen with whiteletters) and type the following command: chkdsk /r
Check disk will run well over an hour or two and you will notice thepercentages going from high to low, this is normal. Let it run tocompletion. Then reboot machine.

If check disk fails to solve your problem you might have to reinstall windows.Try doing a Repair Install that way you don't loose your data, documents,music, pictures, videos or programs.

In windows xp you get to the dos command prompt by selecting R for repair whenthe options appear.

In Vista and Windows 7 you want to get to the recoveryconsole and look down at the bottom of the window for the Dos Command.

Manual:
http://www.singerco.com/uploads/download/d959d7a7944e4b39fd5206053068b7b0508db6c8.pdf
I have a foot pedal for one. I thought I could use it on my Kenmore, but I was sorely mistaken. I'm trying to find what other models it fits because I would like to sell it. Well if you need a foot pedal don't hesitate to ask.

There is a slight possibility that a cleaning disc might work. They are basically a CD with mini brushes on them to clean the lens of the laser that reads the information from the disc. There is a chance that the drive's motor's or electronics on the inside have gone bad as well. I would say that the best way to tell the difference between the two situations, is to judge how much the disc drive has been used.

f you haven't used the drive in over six months, then the lens might need to be swept free of dust. On the other hand if you use the drive often for tasks like data backup, watching DVD's, or playing games that require a disc be inserted; then you probably have a disc drive that has failed and needs to be replaced. Some Dell's like the D630 that I have make replacing the disc drive really simple, but other models take more patience. Generally a replacement disc drive for a laptop is only 50-75$ at an on-line auction site like E bay.

There is a slight possibility that replacing the firmware for the disc drive could fix the problem. I would recommend Leaving any firmware upgrades to professionals, or tech. savvy friends. Firmware updates can break a drive completely. For example if the wrong drive manufacturer or model was updated, it could potentially brick your disc drive. By the way brick is a tech. term meaning to break beyoned repair rendering it completely useless.

the cheapest thing to do is get a CD cleaning kit. You might even be able to find one at the dollar store. Please don't be disappointed if this does not work. That means that the next logical step would be either replacing the internal disc drive, or buying an external disc drive.

It seems that the problem is in your player, remove it and replace another player.
Don't forget to give me 4 thumbs up. thanks!

...Power and data cables, you mean(two - both), Are your drive formatted?(New drives unformatted!).
First, restart your comp, after keyboard flashing, press DEL or F2 and start BIOS, All BIOSes are various, search byself in all menues/buttons Onboard IDE and SATA controllers configuration. All of them must be switched on(on diag time) and it's disk types must be AUTO, and large/LBA mode auto too(after change this param drive must be remapped and re-formatted with full lost of data). Also in ADVANCED submenu I recommend switch off quick self-test(POST). F10 to save changes and if all proper, BIOS must identify disk on boot screen.If boot screen splashed too quickly, go back to BIOS and look for disk parameters. If name of drive here is correct, and drive's geometry seems true, all is OK. If Win or other OS don't see this drive in DEVICE MANAGER/disc drives, then seems you obtain a non-standard device that require model-specific driver from manufacturer.
If drive exist in DEVICE MANAGER/disc drives, but OS don't draw it's partitions in My Comp, then it improperly formatted(part of RAID or virtual partition, or for other OS).Then it's need to new partitioning and formatting(All data become lost).

If BIOS don't see drive, something fail - Mboard, cables, or drive himself. There is one way to half-check drive without Mboard and cables. Plug it to power only, take him in hands, move it to your ear and turn on power switch. First you must listen increasing spindle noise, and after 1-10 sec from one to three head turns.( Modern drives has a noise protection,and sounds are quiet).If sounds differ from this, drive is bad. If heads turns more then 3 times, drive is near to death(half-year max), but still works. If heads don't sounds - drive's board is bad. If heads turns continuously - them or plates's surface are bad.Go to repair or drop off.
Described listening procedure is a self-test of drive and gives 90% sureness of it's goodness. Then try replug cables and test another drive instead for Mboard check. Somebody talks that latest drives don't work with old Mboards, but I never saw this.