Random read errors on ATAPI DVD-RW drive

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Dave Hardenbrook

On the system I am currently building I have installed a Plextor PX-740A
ATAPI DVD-RW drive, from which I am now installing software. I
successfully installed an OEM version of Windows XP Home SP2. Fine.
But now, as I install device drivers and software, I'm getting these
random read errors as the CD-ROMs are accessed, all of them along the
lines of "Setup Failed -- Could not find the file specified", or
sometimes, "Could not read setup file -- Access denied". I get these
random errors with several setup disks (including Plextor's own), and
I've tried swapping cables. Could the problem be the DVD drive itself
or -- *Gulp!* -- the mobo?!
 
remove it from device manager and let windows reinstall it.
if this problem continues if may be the drive dying.
you have not loaded roxio and nero software together?
 
Do what jad says.If that doesn't work,look for a firmware update for the
drive. I had to update firmwate on both a CDRW and a DVD-RW to get them to
read certian discs without errors.
 
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