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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Games / May 2006my game CD-ROM wont start its started before but not now
please can someone give me some advise on how i should get it go read my CD-ROM > please can someone give me some advise on how i should get it go read my CD-ROM Any CD ROM or a particular one? Please Identify the title. Do music CDs work? Does the disk show when you "explore" the drive in Windows Explorer? Does the drive show when you "Explore" My computer in Windows Explorer? Does the computer list the CD drive when the Power On Self Test (POST) runs before loading Windows? I have the same problem and don't know what happened. I've been running WinXP for several months and have used the CD before. My DVD player works. It shows up every where, but it never shows a CD in it and when I try to open it nothing happens. When I insert a CD, the read light blinks but then goes out. Device Manager says its working properly. >> please can someone give me some advise on how i should get it go read my >> CD-ROM [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Does the computer list the CD drive when the Power On Self Test (POST) > runs before loading Windows? > I have the same problem and don't know what happened. I've been running > WinXP for several months and have used the CD before. My DVD player works. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> Does the computer list the CD drive when the Power On Self Test (POST) >> runs before loading Windows? Unfortunately the device manager can't be expected to verify that every bit of hardware ALL the way to the lasers and photo detectors is operating properly. If you can explore the file directories of DVDs but are unable to either explore data/application CDs or play audio CDs you may be experiencing a soiled component or a failure in the drive head components. its mechwarriors 4 its a game > > I have the same problem and don't know what happened. I've been running > > WinXP for several months and have used the CD before. My DVD player works. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > may be experiencing a soiled component or a failure in the drive head > components. > its mechwarriors 4 its a game If the computer can read other CDs there's a possibility the CD the system can't read is dirty or scratched. Look at the bottom of the disk to see if either of these conditions is obstructing the laser. If you need to clean the disk wipe in a direction between the center and the edge NEVER parallel to the edge. Avoid abrasive cleaners or chemical solvents unless they are labeled as safe for polycarbonate plastics. Kits for cleaning CDs and polishing scratches are available at many chain music CD dealers. A few games have Digital Rights Management functions that make them incompatible with some drives or harder to read as the drives get older. >>> I have the same problem and don't know what happened. I've been running >>> WinXP for several months and have used the CD before. My DVD player works. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> may be experiencing a soiled component or a failure in the drive head >> components. You misunderstood me. My CD recordable rewritable device doesn't do anything except blink the read light when a CD is placed in it. It never plays or records. Exploring it never shows any files in it, regardless what type of CD is in it. My DVD player is a separate device. >> its mechwarriors 4 its a game > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >>> may be experiencing a soiled component or a failure in the drive head >>> components. > You misunderstood me. My CD recordable rewritable device doesn't do anything > except blink the read light when a CD is placed in it. It never plays or > records. Exploring it never shows any files in it, regardless what type of > CD is in it. > My DVD player is a separate device. "Separate" as in another internal drive or "separate" as in an external drive similar to those that connect to the computer with a USB cable? If the drive appears in POST and Windows Explorer and you can't read ANY CDs on it there's a pretty good chance you either need to clean the lens or even replace the drive. >>> its mechwarriors 4 its a game >> If the computer can read other CDs there's a possibility the CD the system [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >>>> may be experiencing a soiled component or a failure in the drive head >>>> components. |
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