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21790	2001-10-18 00:32:00	I have a 48X CD rom drive in my computer and something is wrong. A couple of days ago i noticed it starting to change my Office 2000 and other disk to an audio cd so i could no longer use it. Simply opening and closing it would solve the problem but whenever i put any cd in, the light just keeps flashing and the whole system stops working. the mouse moves but nothing else responds. a CTRL+ALT+DELETE shows that mgistr32 is [not responding]. what is going on and how can i fix it?	Guest (0)
21791	2001-10-18 02:39:00	sounds like a virus, if you have a virus checker update it then restart your pc in safe mode and do a full scan, if not download a trial version off the net.	Guest (0)
21792	2001-10-18 20:58:00	Hello Robert, It is much more likely that your CD Rom has got a problem,quite often when they are on the path to CD Rom heaven, they will start seeing CD'S as audio instead of data, if it is only the odd CD you might be alright for a while but if it is more than one,it's laser is faulty, a good way to check this is see if it will play an audio CD ok, if it does the easiest, quickest, and less frustrating solution is just replace the drive, you can get replacements now for under $100.00 so don't be tempted to get the old one repaired as it's not worth it. Alan	Guest (0)
21793	2001-10-19 00:34:00	thanks for your help mate, i'll try that	Guest (0)
21794	2001-10-19 00:45:00	thank you for your help, thats the second cd rom that has died of mine	Guest (0)
21795	2001-10-19 00:45:00	thank you for your help, thats the second cd rom that has died of mine	Guest (0)
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