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Help: CDs won't load

  • 22-12-2005 3:12pm
    #1
    David19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭


    I've got a problem with my DVD/CD-ROM. It won't work basically. When I put a CD in the light comes on at the front and there's a clicking noise. It sounds like the cd is trying to load but can't. After about 30 seconds it stops. It was working perfectly a couple of days ago. Any ideas? Could it be dirt?


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  • #2
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Obviously, try a few CDs to being with.
    Check whether they're visible in My Computer (i.e. You can Explore)
    If not: try booting from a bootable CD (Such as the OS CD..)


  • #3
    David19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭David19


    Ok I tried a couple of DVDs and they worked. I had only tried games and audio CDs. I couldn't find my XP CD but I tried an old Windows 95 CD and it didn't run or show up on My Computer. Basically only DVDs are showing up on My Computer.


  • #4
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    OK - just to be 100% clear on this: you tried to turn the computer on..with the Windows 95 disc in...right?

    If that failed: go into your BIOS (Del, or F1, or F2 will usually get you in -look on screen for instructions)
    And check the Boot order is set: CD first..
    Then try again.
    If this fails again (And you're sure the Windows 95 disc isn't damaged) then the lazer is most likely goosed (i.e. It's a hardware fault)


  • #5
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,287 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    Windows 95 cd is not bootable.
    I had a drive like this before. It was just borked.


  • #6
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    The_Edge wrote:
    Windows 95 cd is not bootable.
    Damn..you're right:)

    David19: Download a bootable CD even if you have broadband?


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  • #7
    David19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭David19


    I gotta go out now but I'll have a look for my XP CD when I get home later on. Is that bootable? Why would it play DVDs and not anything else? If it was broken would it not just play nothing?


  • #8
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,287 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    David19 wrote:
    I gotta go out now but I'll have a look for my XP CD when I get home later on. Is that bootable?
    It deffo should be.
    David19 wrote:
    Why would it play DVDs and not anything else? If it was broken would it not just play nothing?
    You'd think that wouldn't ye :)
    As I said I had the same problem with a drive a while ago. Don't know if it's a lens thing or what.
    Do a google search for Hiren's boot cd 7.5 if your stuck for a bootable cd. About 50Mb


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