On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Clark Martin <cm...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
> On Sep 29, 2010, at 9:51 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>
> > I have a question regarding the CD-ROM drive
> > Whenever I put in a CD with stuff on it (NOT a CD you buy with music on
> it) it is a crap shoot if the machine will recognize it. Some it gives me
> two options (Ignore or Eject) and some it never says anything nor do they
> show up on my desktop. One I have in right now that I know has photos on it
> doesn't show up). How do I rectify this?
>
> Sounds like a dirty drive. Does it perform similarly with both CD and DVD
> disks? Drives use separate lasers for each type of disk.
>
I have tried:
DVD-RW (4.7 GB, doesn't show up at all)
CD-RW (shows up as Empty. 650 MB)
CD-R (4 show they has music on them, 1 is the one with pics on it. It
doesn't show up)
All are 700 MB. The one that I tell it to Ignore it says cannot be
read by this machine
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