Posted April 21, 200519 yr 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! Have you ever realised that anyone driving faster than you is an idiot and anyone driving slower than you is a loser?
April 22, 200519 yr FPCH Admin 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. Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
April 22, 200519 yr Author That's no good :( Thanks anyway Bob! Have you ever realised that anyone driving faster than you is an idiot and anyone driving slower than you is a loser?
