Drive that reads half a disk

[handan2002]

Hi all,

I have a CD drive that's causing me a bit of a headache- it only reads some sectors from a disk.

I was installing mandrakelinux onto a machine I bought off ebay, only to realise that some packages couldn't be read. Thinking it was a problem with the CD-ROM, i burnt the OS again, but to no avail. I then tried FC3, and the cd I inserted failed the disk check that occurs before installation.

I know that the IDE slots on the motherboard works- i've tried it with other drives before. So, my immediate guess is that there is something wrong with the cd drive itself.

Would my assumption be correct?

Thanks!

 

[AWS]

Could be the lasers in the drive are misaligned. That is the only thing I can think of that would cause the problem. Might be time to get a new one.

 

[handan2002]

That's no good

Thanks anyway Bob!