Re: DVD Drive issue


"Perico" <Perico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> This is no dirty head issue. I see a lot of these complaints now being
> posted, and now I am experiencing the same issue - all of a sudden neither
my
> CD-R nor my Emprex DVD-RW drives can write to disk. The wizard always
says,
> "insert a disk into the CD" when there already is a disk in the CD. The
> problem seems to have arisen after I installed SP2 for XP Home. We need a
> patch quickly for this from MS, becuase something is not right here.
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > Sounds like the laser is very dirty or has died. First try a standard
CD
> > cleaning kit.... if no improvement, time to replace.
> > --
> > Cari
> > (MS-MVP Printing & Imaging)
Cari didn't indicate that this is a dirty head. There aren't any heads in
DVD or CD drives. Instead, the drives use a laser to send a beam of light
to the disk. The disk inteprets the results of this action to determine
whether there is a pit or not at the spot. Now, if the lens which focuses
the ligtht is dirty, the beam just may not hit the disk correctly. You can
buy CD or DVD cleaning kits which may remove the dirt. Hard drives don't
have this particular problem because they are sealed units.

A dirty head is a hardware problem, and no software patch will correct it.
Jim


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