I'm pissed

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-01-08 05:56pm

My cd drive keeps getting worse. Every time i try and use it it refuses to load the cd and the only way to get it to load anything is to open and close the tray till it does. I've just been trying to play star craft for an hour and it refuses to load. What might it do to fix this problem?

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2004-01-08 05:59pm

snap the disc

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-01-08 06:07pm

Zac Naloen wrote:snap the disc

It does this with all my discs. Would you suggest that i snap them too?

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-01-08 07:13pm

maybe you should just get a new optical drive. *shrugs*

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-01-08 10:03pm

A new CD drive can be had for twenty bucks. Hey, components die out... it's a fact of life.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-01-08 10:55pm

SPOOFE wrote:A new CD drive can be had for twenty bucks. Hey, components die out... it's a fact of life.

Yeah this one isn't so old though. But whatever.

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2004-01-09 12:00am

This happened to me. I just ended up replacing the whole kitkaboodle

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-01-09 01:49am

If it makes you feel better, Dave, after you replace it, you can take the old drive out back and smash it with a sledgehammer. Weee!

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-09 03:26am

There is a rudimentary solution that may work untill you get a new CD drive. Try disabling autoplay and then insert the CD. Starcraft should work fine.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-01-09 03:27am

if it's just a cd rom drive, why not upgrade? most cd-rws and even DVD roms are rather cheap nowadays.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-01-09 08:55pm

evilcat4000 wrote:There is a rudimentary solution that may work untill you get a new CD drive. Try disabling autoplay and then insert the CD. Starcraft should work fine.

I have windoze xp though and i don't feeling like doing any registry hacks. This pos is unstable enough as it is.

J · Post by J » 2004-01-09 11:28pm

darthdavid wrote:I have windoze xp though and i don't feeling like doing any registry hacks. This pos is unstable enough as it is.

Try XP Power Toys, as I remember it the "Tweak UI" application has a checkbox that will safely disable autorun for data and/or audio CD's.