help! my dvds could not be loaded!

[MaLing]

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[coolewong]

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sorry but i can't sue the method u asked me to try... so would there be another method of testing either my hardware of software's problem?

[MaLing]

Have you tried what I suggested:

Boot from a DOS diskette with an optical disc drive driver?

Boyumeow also suggested moving the drive to another computer to test, though it seems a bit troublesome.

[coolewong]

Have you tried what I suggested:
Boot from a DOS diskette with an optical disc drive driver?
Boyumeow also suggested moving the drive to another computer to test, though it seems a bit troublesome.

my pc dun hv a diskette reader...lol
the second method is rly troublesome.... would there be a 3rd method?

[MaLing]

Booting from a USB drive or USB memory stick is possible as well, although I have never tried it.

You need to adjust the relevant settings in BIOS.

[Count]

Can we please not beat around the bush? He has the exact same symptoms as i have and i've established that it's not the ROM drives that are sick, can we assume this in this matter and get to fixing whatever broke in CDROM.sys?

[coolewong]

Can we please not beat around the bush? He has the exact same symptoms as i have and i've established that it's not the ROM drives that are sick, can we assume this in this matter and get to fixing whatever broke in CDROM.sys?

did u get ur drive fixed then?

[Count]

Sort of.

I got the burners to recognize legitimate discs again, but i still couldnt get it to read any blank discs.

I got sick of trying to fix what YASU broke and just reinstalled windows, the burners worked fine after that. Although i tried a repair install first and that solved the problem too. I only reinstalled windows because repair installs always leave the system unstable.

[coolewong]

Sort of.
I got the burners to recognize legitimate discs again, but i still couldnt get it to read any blank discs.
I got sick of trying to fix what YASU broke and just reinstalled windows, the burners worked fine after that. Although i tried a repair install first and that solved the problem too. I only reinstalled windows because repair installs always leave the system unstable.

wt did u do?

[Reef]

It's easy to blame a piece of software when something gets broken, when after a format and fresh install everything works fine.
It is a proven fact that to keep your PC running smooth, you will need to perform a format and complete re-install on a regular basis (at least once a year), especially if you're a gamer and install/uninstall games and other programs quite often.

[coolewong]

It's easy to blame a piece of software when something gets broken, when after a format and fresh install everything works fine.
It is a proven fact that to keep your PC running smooth, you will need to perform a format and complete re-install on a regular basis (at least once a year), especially if you're a gamer and install/uninstall games and other programs quite often.

urgh... but there must be a way to solve it rite?
and should i install yasu after my reformat..? that's a question

[Jito463]

If you want to confirm it's the problem, yes. Just make an image of your HDD first before you do, then if it doesn't work afterwards, restore the image back onto your computer.

[Count]

It's easy to blame a piece of software when something gets broken, when after a format and fresh install everything works fine.
It is a proven fact that to keep your PC running smooth, you will need to perform a format and complete re-install on a regular basis (at least once a year), especially if you're a gamer and install/uninstall games and other programs quite often.

Ahhh, but it's also easy and correct to blame software when you've removed all other causes and the build of Windows you were running was less then a week old and functioning normally _right_ up to the point where the software was installed.

coolwong: I uninstalled YASU and Nero, the IDE controllers and the DVD rom drives in "system" then i reinstalled Nero and rebooted. That got already burnt discs working again in the drives, but any blank disc would still say "insert disc" or "incorrect function"

[coolewong]

If you want to confirm it's the problem, yes. Just make an image of your HDD first before you do, then if it doesn't work afterwards, restore the image back onto your computer.

how can i make an image of my HDD wifout a burner...
and is there any method to solve this? is this a bug?

[Kinlaadare]

Put it on a usb HDD, or on a network share...