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How can I install Windows to my new hard drive if I lost my recovery cd that came with my pc?
The hard drive on my pc died and I had to replace it. My pc originally came with Vista and I upgraded to Windows 7. My pc is a Gateway and I can't find the recovery cd anywhere. I have the Windows 7 ...
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How to enable/disable laptop's CD drive if I don't have administrative privileges
I'm working in a network company. I don't have administrative privileges on my computer and every time I want to listen to my favorite CD, I need to contact the administrator, then going to his office ...
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slow ripping with iTunes in Windows
I have a 48x CD-ROM read internal drive in my PC with a phenom x6 1100t processor running Windows 7.
I can't understand why iTunes only rips CDs at about 5-7x. The processor, RAM and HDD aren't ...
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Is it possible to repair iso images incorrectly made with dd in OSX Snow Leopard?
About a year ago, I made rips of a bunch of my CD/DVD games and packed the originals away.
The problem is that now I'm trying to use WinXP Pro on VirtualBox on OSX Snow Leopard to play these iso ...
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How to use autorun.inf without upsetting anti-virus software?
I wish to use autorun.inf on a CD so that it auto-plays an installation package.
But I know that anti-virus software doesn't like autorun.inf files. How can I use an autorun.inf file without ...
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How to troubleshoot “The device is not ready.” error in Windows XP
No matter what disc I put in the DVD-ROM drive, I get:
C:\>d:
The device is not ready.
When I put in the disc, it spins up and you can hear it reading the disc. I've tried a couple different ...
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What do LowerFilters and UpperFilters CD/DVD driver registry settings do?
I am having trouble with a NEC ND-6650A DVD/CD drive not being recognized on Windows XP. The Device Manager gives me:
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be ...
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How to “autorun” executables from a CD/DVD on Windows 7 [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I Create Autorun DVD?
I want my software to run automatically from a CD/DVD with no user interaction whenever the user puts the CD/DVD into the drive. As far as ...
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Is my data safe if the BIOS lists my USB hard drive as a CD-ROM drive?
I have a USB flash stick which is determined to be a USB hard drive in the BIOS. I also have a real USB hard drive, which is determined by the same BIOS as a USB CD-ROM drive.
What does this depend ...
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What is causing the CD Tray to open & close randomly?
I have a freshly completed install of Ubuntu 11.04, and the CD tray opens and closes all by itself. I cannot detect any pattern to when, or why.
I've rebooted, and disconnected all networking (both ...
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Is it safe to use a regular marker (Sharpie, etc.) to write on a CD-R disc?
In the past I've used a special CD-R marker to write on CD-R's. But I'm wondering if it's OK to just use a regular felt-tip marker (Sharpie, etc.). (Obviously, a pen that you have to use pressure ...
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CDROM does not appear on desktop, MACOS 10.5.7
When I pop a CDROM into the drive of my Macbook Pro, It spins up, I hear it, but no icon appears on the desktop. (I think it's 10.5.7; actually not sure how to verify this on Mac, but I think I saw a ...
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How to slow down CD-ROM (optical drive) under Windows Vista?
My laptop's optical drive (Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560A) is quite loud when reading a disk.
For my purpose I don't need reading at full speed, and 8-16x would be more than enough (1-4x would do as well). ...
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How to disable auto insert notification in Windows 7?
Alright, here's the problem. My hard drive activity light on my custom built PC is blinking exactly once every second.
Microsoft has this to say on the issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138598
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PC not booting from Windows XP CD
Right, got a PC sat in front of me that will not boot from any of my several offical, clean Windows XP CDs. It'll load the 11.04 Ubuntu disk okay, but not a Windows one.
Both CD-ROM and HDD appear in ...
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Disable CD-ROM in BIOS
I have a Lenovo T420 laptop. The reason I want to disable the CD-ROM is because when moving the laptop, I often unintentionally press the eject button, which turns on CD-ROM's power and pops the tray ...
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CD/DVD player stops working after restoring Windows
I have a Sony VAIO VGN-NR498E running Windows Vista Home edition. After restoring the system to the factory state, my CD/DVD player stopped working. It does not recognize any CD/DVDs. The drive is ...
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Using those mini cds in a Macbook Pro Aluminium - is the media going to be “lost” inside the mac?
Can I use this on a Macbook Pro (aluminium unibody from 2010)?
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OSX: Stop CDROM spinup during Open or Save
If there's a CD in my Macbook's drive, it spins up any time I invoke the Open or Save dialog in an application. And while it spins up, it freezes the application for about 5 seconds!
How do I make ...
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What is up with my CD-Rom drive on XP?
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I think this is a specific problem that is very strange. This is my first time on the forum, so I hope I am writing things correctly. I have a computer I built myself and here are the specs:
ASUS ...
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Need to automount dvd or cdrom at fixed mount point in Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 11.04, by default, automounts a cdrom or dvd at /media/<vol_name>. I need to make the automounting system use a fixed name instead of the volume name for all CDs or DVDs inserted into ...
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Nero ask to save an image file
Whenever i burn a CD with Nero Burning ROM / Nero express, as soon as i click "Burn" the save dialog box opens that prompt me to save the project as an image file.
Plus if i burn the CD, the CD is ...
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Linux: CDBurner XP like software
I'm looking for some CD burning software that's like CDBurner XP or Nero.
I like how they both show how many bytes are remaining when I burn a data DVD.
Additionally, CDBurner XP can refresh a ...
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Writing on the backs of CDs and DVDs: Dangerous?
Maybe it's completely a superstition, but I was told when I was younger to never ever write on the back of burnable media. Does this have any basis in fact? I was told that it weakened the discs which ...
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What exactly is the part number of a CD for? [closed]
I've got a couple of CDs and there's the "part number"
I'm wondering what exactly is the "part number" for..
And assuming I'm throwing away the CDs and backuping up those software in a hard disk, do ...
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Why is Windows 7 ejecting my CD-ROM?
I'm inserting a CD-ROM with some older software on it into the DVD drive. When the drive settles down, Windows Explorer shows the drive as E: under Computer. As soon as I click on the E: icon, the ...
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Virtual Box CD/DVD-ROM
I'm trying to install Virtual Box under Ubuntu 10.10, but I had the following problem:
When trying to install Windows XP from CD, I went into the settings of my VM, but I can't see the CD/DVD-ROM ...
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Why has my CDROM drive has disappeared from My Computer?
I have an HP DC7900 with Windows XP SP3 installed on it. I also have a Digital Recorder DS4000 but it's the only USB device shown in my computer. The CD drive has gone...
Has anybody seen this issue ...
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Is it possible to repair/service a DVD-ROM drive in a Mac?
I have a three-year-old Mac Mini. Recently, the DVD-ROM drive has had a problem where any disc inserted will start making a loud noise. It sounds like something is hitting the edge of the DVD-ROM, ...
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Why is desktop.ini “Ready to Be Written to the Disc” of any CD or DVD inserted under Windows 7?
I have a netbook with external CD/DVD burner running Windows 7 Starter. Whenever I put any CD or DVD (doesn't have to be blank) in the drive and navigate to its path in Windows Explorer, it tells me ...
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Why is my CD-ROM device being automatically disabled at boot?
I'm running Windows 7 on a laptop, and I'm having a bit of an issue with my CD-ROM drive. Each time I boot up my computer, for some reason, that device gets disabled. In other words, I can't access it ...
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Calculate SHA1 of CD-ROM on MacOS X
How do you calculate the sha1 of a CD-ROM disc under MacOS X?
On Linux (RedHat) I use sha1sum /dev/cdrom.
How do I do the same thing on Mac using openssl sha1?
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Changing CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drive Letter from D: to E:
I read this, but it doesn't address one question I've had about this (I'd comment on it, but my rep isn't high enough):
When changing the ODD Drive Letter from D: to E:, I get this message in Windows ...
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When is it possible to use a DVD+/-R in instead of a CD-R?
When it comes to simple CD ISO images it is possible to burn them to a DVD+/-R, but what about the more general case? Is it possible to copy a CD with audio tracks to DVD+/-R? What about mixed mode ...
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BIOS and Windows cannot detect CDROM device
I have a HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4521B dvdrom device and a big problem.
Some days ago everything worked fine. A friend installed some software and then the drives in winxp has been marked as corrupt. I ...
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How can I disable a CD drive without any special software?
I have a Lenovo w510 laptop. When it came, its CD drive was powered off; I right-clicked it and enabled power to it.
Now I want to power it off again, without using any software.
Does anyone know ...
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Can't use a network CD-ROM
I have a computer with Windows XP and I'm trying to use my local network to use the CD-ROM of my notebook with Windows 7.
On the Windows XP computer with VLC I can open the menu of the DVD, but after ...
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cdrom drive doesn't work on laptop
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I bought a new CDROM drive, as recommended by HP. It still doesn't work. I can open and close it now; so that's changed. But it still doesn't appear as a drive, and I can't use it. Any ...
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CD-ROM drive suddenly stops recognizing music CDs
Good evening everyone,
A couple of days ago I was ripping a few of my music CDs into Windows Media Player 11 on Windows XP and the drive suddenly stopped recognizing music CDs. It would still play ...
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How to place TueCrypt bootloader on CD?
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I want to encrypt my entire OS according to this tutorial, which involves a decoy OS and a hidden one.
The problem I have with this setup is that the bootloader could be compromised with a ...
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Difference between ISO, MDS & BIN/CUE disk image formats?
What is the difference between these major disk image formats? Are there any specific advantages / disadvantages for any of them?
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Looking for pin-out for 4 pin analogue CD-ROM audio cable
Remember those 4-pin audio cables which went from optical disk drive to sound card? I'm looking for pin-out for them.
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New motherboard (ASUS M4A88TD-V) can't install OS from CD
I built a new computer last night but I'm running into an error that's new to me and keeping me from installing an operating system. Long story short, the system can boot off a CD but once loaded, ...
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Are there any *hardware*-based CD/DVD drive emulation projects?
Does anyone know of anything like this? I am looking to create SD-card based alternatives for some of my old CD-drive-based gaming consoles.
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CD-ROM/DVD Drive doesn't work anymore
I have no idea why my CD-ROM/DVD drive doesn't work anymore. When I insert a disk it makes noises and opens again.
If it matters, I just reformatted the computer from Ubuntu 10.04 to Ubuntu 9.10.
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Cannot play audio cds on linux: “Buffer I/O error on device sr0”
i got a Thinkpad R61 with a Matshita drive and, as the title says, I cannot play audio cds. After inserted a cd, syslog shows:
Aug 26 10:39:36 localhost kernel: sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: ...
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Can't access cd rom - files unreadable
I am trying to access a cd which I have burnt in the past. I am currently unable to access the files on the disk. In the Windows Explorer I am able to see file names and sizes.
I have tried "CDcheck" ...
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Is data recovery from damaged CD-ROM possible?
I have a totally unscratched 700 MB CD-ROM that always been in its case, but it was on the top of the stack and took some sunlight (from a close window) during months (if not years).
The CD looks ...
