help me discs wont work

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i have a new laptop an inspiron 6000 with windows xp
i cant read some cds and hardly ne old games like baldurs gate. from what i
can gather xp is to new for the games but that doesnt explain the cds.

but is there a way to get any of this to work?????
 
Hi jmk559,

Are you able to at least those browse CD's using My Computer?

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jmk559 Wrote:
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| i have a new laptop an inspiron 6000 with windows xp
| i cant read some cds and hardly ne old games like baldurs gate. from what i
| can gather xp is to new for the games but that doesnt explain the cds.
|
| but is there a way to get any of this to work?????
 
jmk559 said:
i have a new laptop an inspiron 6000 with windows xp
i cant read some cds and hardly ne old games like baldurs gate. from what
i
can gather xp is to new for the games but that doesnt explain the cds.

but is there a way to get any of this to work?????
Click to expand...

Do what Jimmy suggested try browsing the discs - Right click on them in My
Computer and click browse from the menu.

If even that doesn't work then it sounds like it could be a faulty drive.

If you can do that then try using compatibility mode on the installers:

-> Find setup.exe or install.exe program and repeat the above procedure to
enable compatibility mode on the setup program.
--> Install again by double clicking the setup.exe or install.exe program.

Funky video here
http://www.windowsresource.net/videos/compatibilityinstall.wmv (2 minutes on
56k).

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i try that but when i go to my computer, then to dvd/cd-rw drive there is
nothing there when i have the disc in, i right clicked and went to format and
it says disc is read-only
 
Hi jmk559,

The "read only" message when you try to format a CD/DVD from My Computer
is normal. If you right-click the CD and select Explore, what happens?

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jmk559 Wrote:
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| i try that but when i go to my computer, then to dvd/cd-rw drive there is
| nothing there when i have the disc in, i right clicked and went to format and
| it says disc is read-only
 
Hi jmk559,

Really? That's strange.. What does it say in My Computer
under the heading "Devices with Removable Storage"?

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jmk559 Wrote:
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| it does not even have a disc for me to click on when i open the drive folder
 
in my computer
under devices w rem. stor.


it says dvd/cd-rw drive (D:)

and when i dbl click on that when i have a disc in, nothing shows up
 
jmk559 said:
in my computer
under devices w rem. stor.


it says dvd/cd-rw drive (D:)

and when i dbl click on that when i have a disc in, nothing shows up
Click to expand...

I assume the same happens when you right-click and click explore?

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Yeovil, UK.
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Exactly. d:^) The question posted since yesterday has been:
"If you right-click the CD and select Explore, what happens?"


Paul Smith Wrote:
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| || in my computer
|| under devices w rem. stor.
||
||
|| it says dvd/cd-rw drive (D:)
||
|| and when i dbl click on that when i have a disc in, nothing shows up
|
| I assume the same happens when you right-click and click explore?
 
the same thing happens if i use explore

last night i uninstalled then reinstalled my disc drive after i went through
all the troubleshooting options, and then it told me to try that. that didnt
work

i tryed searched for updates and that didnt help either
 
Hi jmk559,

At this point, since you've reinstalled the Disc Drive and if NONE of your
CD's can be read using that drive, yet can be read using a Disc Drive on
another computer, then there is a fault with the Drive itself, or it's cabling.

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jmk559 Wrote:
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| the same thing happens if i use explore
|
| last night i uninstalled then reinstalled my disc drive after i went through
| all the troubleshooting options, and then it told me to try that. that didnt
| work
|
| i tryed searched for updates and that didnt help either
 
Ok, jmk559 would u have sp1 or 2 installed? because i have found out that
with the cd windows xp everything works, but as soon as u install sp1 the cd
reading error occurs. so either u format - reinstall - install game(s) - then
install the service packs as part of the final stamp on what will be ur
computer or don't use the service packs, which for me is bad as i have
purchased pc cillin and cannot install that without sp1, its a choice,
usually no one likes to make.
 
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