 "d" Drive Will Not Read Discs |
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 Jun 29 2008, 07:05 AM
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Has this happened to any one else? My D drive has stopped reading anything, I tried pre recorded discs, program discs ect. but-nothing-I tried to find a restore point in my system but it flagged up that there was nothing previous to 28/06/08. I tried to load MyDVD from the prog. list & the following error msg. popped up "Application failed to start because PX.dll was not found" Just recently, Windows has warned me that the virtual memory was low, so I moved info to my external hard drive and then cleaned out My Documents and also moved some prog. files as well, to free up memory. I then opened Ccleaner and checked the registry entries and there was a whole list of "Windows\system32\" info listed, so I backed this up & did a clean. I have this horrible feeling that I have done something drastic, but what, I don't know. I am running Win. xp home on a Packard Bell model No. 1503 running a Lite On dvd drive. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, spitfire11 |
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Jun 29 2008, 07:34 AM
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 Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 7,262 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
Does the drive show up in My Computer? Do you have Sonic installed? If so, try uninstalling it then reinstall it.
Virtual memory isn't about the disk space on your hard drive -------------------- Mark
 why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane |
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Jun 30 2008, 05:31 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 12-June 07 From: england Member No.: 136,217 |
Hi garmanma,
In answer to your questions, no the drive does not show up in my computer and no, I do not have sonic installed. spitfire11 |
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Jun 30 2008, 07:24 AM
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Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 7,262 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
http://www.dougknox.com/xp
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben...p;x=12&y=13 This post has been edited by garmanma: Jun 30 2008, 07:25 AM -------------------- Mark
why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane |
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 Jun 30 2008, 07:55 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 12-June 07 From: england Member No.: 136,217 |
Thank you very much garmanma,
The doug knox link worked a treat, I am now back to "normal". lesson learnt. regards, spitfire11 |
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Jun 30 2008, 01:52 PM
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Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 7,262 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
Glad to have helped
-------------------- Mark
why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane |
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