hi there. Hope someone can help.
Basically one of my cd drives has a life of its own.

Im qutie sure its nothing todo with bugs or viruses, i have got full protection and firewalls , mcfee latest protection, against evils.

I am using windows XP, now the thing is, ive been using this about half a year, and i never had any cd problems before, its the same cd drive. Then i got some viruses and reformatted and started using full protection and cleared all last bugs and viruses.

But it still comes alive! And it does it when it wants, and at the startup before windows even loads its possessed!?

Tech support line said its hardware fault, how can it be a fault, it worked perfect till i got infected, & even after reformat & install protection its still crazy.


someone help please, and can email the post to me also JJP@MAIL2UK.COM

MANY THANKS,

Jon w/ possessed cd drive

What does it actually do, tray open/close itself or does it just start spinning up randomly?

I would seek out the nearest priest! Either that or try hitting it...

Apart from that the only thing I can suggest is checking if you can upgrade the firmware on it or try it in another PC if possible. cd-rom drives are pretty cheap these days, it may not be worth the hassle.

Originally Posted by steve

What does it actually do, tray open/close itself or does it just start spinning up randomly?

I would seek out the nearest priest! Either that or try hitting it...

Apart from that the only thing I can suggest is checking if you can upgrade the firmware on it or try it in another PC if possible. cd-rom drives are pretty cheap these days, it may not be worth the hassle.

thanks steve, ill tell you how it goes,
it goes in out in out an shake it all about

but seriously, jsut endlessly in an out.

thanks

Ah, the hokey cokey - what a great tune