memento1: (DW - Shoes)
memento1 ([personal profile] memento1) wrote2008-09-20 02:20 am

Can I bash it against a blunt object?

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!

[identity profile] dana-cz.livejournal.com 2008-09-20 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm, try updating the drivers for it?

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

[identity profile] memento1.livejournal.com 2008-09-20 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] dana-cz.livejournal.com 2008-09-20 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Duh, that sucks big time. *hugs* Hope you get it working soon.

[identity profile] kira-iras.livejournal.com 2008-09-21 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry. Computer problems suck :(
ext_10173: (xf | scully frustrated)

[identity profile] erries.livejournal.com 2008-09-22 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Service Pack 3 effed up my dad's computer too. I'm scared to update!