CD Rom schtuff

[geekgrl]

Not that this is life threatening computer needed help... but..
I got this really lame free cd rom in my Cheerios .. it's like some amazon trail game from the makers of Oregon trail! haha
Anyway, my cd rom won't read it, it acts like you've never put a cd in..
why?

[LJE2]

Do you mean it won't autostart, or have you gone to Windows Explorer and double clicked on the Drive that the CD is in, and it tells you that it is not reading the drive?

[geekgrl]

It's _not_ reading the drive.. I'm .not. just talking about autostart.

[LJE2]

Have you tried it in another computer? If it works in another drive perhaps your drive is starting to go bad, I had that problem with a Plextor CDR-W, it would occasionally not see a disk that was put in, finally it quit althgether, the only other thing I can think of is that the program was recorded in a format not recognized by your CD drive.


[This message has been edited by LJE2 (edited 08-20-2000).]

[Richard_Cranium72]

Did ya try right click and Explore?

[daveleau]

Did you wipe all of the Cheerios off of it first? http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif J/K

Is it one of those small or funny shaped cd's? I have had some problems that are sporadic using odd shaped cds.
Dave

[geekgrl]

Dave: actually.. it is sorta small I thought..
why is that?! heh
I ask tooo many questions http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[KAknight]

mmmmmmm....cheerios

[howste]

Was that regular Cheerios or Honey Nut? I hear that Honey Nut coating changes the CD's reflectivity. LOL

One of my kids' favorite games is Chex Quest. Loads of action sending the Flemioids back to their own dimension and saving the cereal people from getting soggy. My personal favorite weapon is the boot spoon.

Steve

[qball]

howste,

Your not as far off base as it sounds. It has been documented that leaving some CDs in the drive and continually powering drive up and down can cause problems. When the high speed CDROM drives spin up, they can create quite a bit of heat. On cheaper media, this can degrade the coating causing the CD to fracture. At 10k RPM (or whatever...) shards of CD can destroy the drive. (wonder what the effects on a human eyeball would be?).

Its been documented, that doesn't mean one can necessarily recreate this, or one should never leave a CD in a drive....

[chuckiechan]

My gang is playing Captain Crunch...! It seems to work fine.

If your CD is standard size:4 11/16"
and round, you have a standard CD and should be able to play it. If it plays in another computer's CD, then you may have a hardware problem. If you don't use your CD very often, you may have lost the driver and didn't notice.

If it dosen't show up in "My Computer", then re-install it from device manager...

Good Luck...Cheereo!

[qball]

.not. is fortran negation operator.
is _not_ a keyword in any language?

The CD you refer to is not a mini-disc? If it is a CD, the reason they make funky shapes is because one can. As drive speeds got quicker this caused problems with alignment (can you say, massive wobble), so you shouldn't see too many these days.

What type of CDROM? Some have difficulty reading certain disks. I happen to have a Kenwood Zen that is temperamental.

Try in another CDROM.

Move on to a better cereal for goodness sake. Capt Crunch has much better software quality assurance, lol.

[geekgrl]

Well guys, after it locked up my computer when trying to run, I just gave up... no point in bothering really. I was just bored, and found a cd in my Cheerios.. thought "hey cool, let's try it" http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif
hehe thanks for the help