View Full Version : (Yet another) PC Fuckup...
Phalanx
11-26-2007, 09:41 PM
For some reason neither of my dvd/burner drives will open this data dvd I burned.
Every time I try, nothing happens. I then try going in to My Computer, and selecting the drive itself, which registers "my disk". When I right click on it to open/explore, regardless of which drive, the whole "my computer" thing says not responding, and the windows desktop seems to reboot.
Ideas?
Phalanx
11-26-2007, 09:42 PM
Actually...if I leave it alone, it eventually reads...but then every step of the way will freeze...just wanna get the stuff off this dvd...fuckin' thing.
ManchestrMorgue
11-26-2007, 10:01 PM
Have you tried it on another PC?
Do other discs that you have burnt read ok?
The reason I ask is that it could be just simply that the DVD blank was faulty - it happens occasionally that you get a faulty one in a pack.
neverending
11-27-2007, 12:17 AM
This will sound stupid, but make sure the disc is clean- any residue, even fingerprints can make a disc read faulty. Take a soft cloth and even some water if needed and clean the surface of the disc thouroughly.
It's also possible it was a bad burn, as Manchester says. The data will be on the disc but it's impossible to access it
chainsaw charlie
11-27-2007, 01:26 AM
For some reason neither of my dvd/burner drives will open this data dvd I burned.
Every time I try, nothing happens. I then try going in to My Computer, and selecting the drive itself, which registers "my disk". When I right click on it to open/explore, regardless of which drive, the whole "my computer" thing says not responding, and the windows desktop seems to reboot.
Ideas?and u say im swearing sort it out mate!
Phalanx
11-27-2007, 04:06 AM
Eat my ballsack, fuckstick. haha
Check your threads, I was only joking with that shit.
Yeah sounds like a bad burn...which is fucked on account of something near 2.5 gig being on there...stuff I'll have to DL again for my brother, ah well...at least I can see what it is.
ManchestrMorgue
11-27-2007, 11:02 AM
Yeah, it's a total bitch when discs burn badly.
I have found that even with good brands, I get about a 0.5% - 1% failure rate. Doesn't sound like much, but when you have to re-download up to 4gigs of stuff it hurts.
At least if that is the problem, you don't have to replace computer parts.