Serious problem!

mstgnymike · 10-10-07, 11:38 AM

hey ok guys...my computer is not reading any disk i put in it just goes for a sec then nothing happens anybody got any advice?

kurtz · 10-10-07, 11:42 AM

Well you could try putting a cleaning disk in, but it's almost as cheap and quick to replace the drive. Maybe there are other ideas...?

danlisa · 10-10-07, 11:46 AM

Have you changed/installed/uninstalled anything on your system since the drive last worked?

I don't want to mention it yet but I have an idea.:hmm:

mstgnymike · 10-10-07, 11:54 AM

not really no

NiclDoe · 10-10-07, 02:57 PM

Happened to me but i cleaned it and it works.

slow_n_ez · 10-10-07, 03:21 PM

One thing to " try " is unplug it and plug it back in ( computer powered down of course .... or change the power lead with a different one that isn't used or switch with a hard drive one ......

Fubar2Niner · 10-11-07, 09:44 AM

Another option is to uninstall the drive in device manager then reboot. Windows should find it again. I've had this in the past when xp threw a hissy fit. Best of luck.

Fubar

mapuc · 10-11-07, 09:50 AM

It happended to me a couple a weeks ago, I cleaned the disc(SHIII) and after that every thing was ok.

Markus

Curval · 10-11-07, 12:44 PM

Happened here recently too...it was hardware related and I had to swap out the drive. Fortunately it happened a few days from the warrenty expiry and it was no big deal to have a replacement put in.

10-10-07, 11:38 AM	#1
mstgnymike Medic Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Within the Abyss Posts: 163 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Serious problem! hey ok guys...my computer is not reading any disk i put in it just goes for a sec then nothing happens anybody got any advice? __________________ "We have met the enemy and they are ours..."-Oliver Hazard Perry "U-77 Creeps at Night in the Depths" U-77,my greatest command sunk May 4, 1945 by destroyer HMS Lamarn (Tribal Class) Based at Wilhelmshaven(2nd Flotilla) 39-41 Based at Brest(2nd Flotilla) 41-43 Based at La Spezia(29th Flotilla) 42-44 Based at Bergen(11th Flotilla) 44-45 (923,675 Tons)

10-10-07, 11:42 AM	#2
kurtz Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Leighton Buzzard,England Posts: 660 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Well you could try putting a cleaning disk in, but it's almost as cheap and quick to replace the drive. Maybe there are other ideas...? __________________ War without Fire is like sausages without mustard-Henry V. http://www.myvintagelife.co.uk/

10-10-07, 11:46 AM	#3
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	Have you changed/installed/uninstalled anything on your system since the drive last worked? I don't want to mention it yet but I have an idea.:hmm: __________________

10-10-07, 11:54 AM	#4
mstgnymike Medic Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Within the Abyss Posts: 163 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	not really no __________________ "We have met the enemy and they are ours..."-Oliver Hazard Perry "U-77 Creeps at Night in the Depths" U-77,my greatest command sunk May 4, 1945 by destroyer HMS Lamarn (Tribal Class) Based at Wilhelmshaven(2nd Flotilla) 39-41 Based at Brest(2nd Flotilla) 41-43 Based at La Spezia(29th Flotilla) 42-44 Based at Bergen(11th Flotilla) 44-45 (923,675 Tons)

10-10-07, 02:57 PM	#5
NiclDoe Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the Air or hiding from Black Swans Posts: 760 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Happened to me but i cleaned it and it works. __________________ The Crazy Wolf

10-10-07, 03:21 PM	#6
slow_n_ez Officer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Astoria , Oregon Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	One thing to " try " is unplug it and plug it back in ( computer powered down of course .... or change the power lead with a different one that isn't used or switch with a hard drive one ......

10-11-07, 09:44 AM	#7
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,178 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	Another option is to uninstall the drive in device manager then reboot. Windows should find it again. I've had this in the past when xp threw a hissy fit. Best of luck. Fubar

10-11-07, 09:50 AM	#8
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,540 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	It happended to me a couple a weeks ago, I cleaned the disc(SHIII) and after that every thing was ok. Markus

10-11-07, 12:44 PM	#9
Curval Navy Dude Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bermuda Posts: 177 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Happened here recently too...it was hardware related and I had to swap out the drive. Fortunately it happened a few days from the warrenty expiry and it was no big deal to have a replacement put in.