Can I bash it against a blunt object?

[memento1]

Grrrrr. For whatever reason, my comp is now not reading disks. It WAS just 2 days ago. I had a Doctor Who disk in (so I could bring up the Doomsday ending and break my heart all over again any time I wanted. Shaddup.) and then I installed the new XP Service Pack 3, and upon re-start the drive went all whiny and weird and it hasn't worked since. I un-installed the service pack to see if that would fix it, and nacht. It won't read DVDs, it won't read CD-ROMS, it won't read data disks. For some reason, it still reads Audio CDs, but that's not much consolation. D*mmit, I think it's a hardware problem.... I don't have the money for this!

Comments

[dana-cz.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, try updating the drivers for it?

(And LOL, I'm the same with Journey's End ;D)

[memento1.livejournal.com]

Did that. Did all the usual things that should work. Spent hours on-line and found several people had similar problems, but no solution. The consensus seems to be just replace the whole drive, and I can't afford that right now.

[dana-cz.livejournal.com]

Duh, that sucks big time. *hugs* Hope you get it working soon.

[kira-iras.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. Computer problems suck :(

[erries.livejournal.com]

Service Pack 3 effed up my dad's computer too. I'm scared to update!