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| Thread ID: 98582 | 2009-03-30 04:28:00 | CD/DVD drive probs | kiwibantam (14545) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 760708 | 2009-03-30 04:28:00 | Hi all, My CD/DVD drive has stopped working, anyway I can check this is permanent? Cheers |
kiwibantam (14545) | ||
| 760709 | 2009-03-30 04:36:00 | So what does it do or not do?? Does it open? Or does it open but cant read anything? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 760710 | 2009-03-30 05:04:00 | Yes, can you be more specific? More details please |
Blam (54) | ||
| 760711 | 2009-03-30 05:22:00 | Will open, but won't read anything (but did last night) not even recognised on 'my computer'. on another note, i have noticed that text is being incorrectly placed (ie being moved from end of sentence and appearing randomly elsewhere. |
kiwibantam (14545) | ||
| 760712 | 2009-03-30 05:23:00 | the only thing that has been added since the drive last worked is an itunes update | kiwibantam (14545) | ||
| 760713 | 2009-03-30 05:26:00 | What you can try is locate a bootable CD - Make sure the BIOS is set to boot from the optical drive first - if the PC boots off the CD - then its a software problem. You can use a XP/Linux CD to boot from. If the CD is XP no need to go through the process of installing, the first screen will be plenty. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 760714 | 2009-03-30 05:58:00 | thanks, will give it a go...if not, hammer all ready! | kiwibantam (14545) | ||
| 760715 | 2009-03-30 06:16:00 | And what OS and SP is this? | Blam (54) | ||
| 760716 | 2009-03-30 07:35:00 | thanks, will give it a go...if not, hammer all ready! :thumbs: - but thats last resort :lol: Serious though :nerd: - if a bootable CD will start/run that is bypassing all the OS. Meaning generally the Hardware is OK. I have known viruses and spyware to actually disable the optical drives so CD's with cleaning software can not run. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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