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My dvd burner shattered an XP Pro disc into a 1000 pieces

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michaels

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My pc was acting up so I was gonna try to repair it from the XP disc. So I went to my school's library and checked out XP Pro. I get home and put it in and it froze up after booting from the disc and I heard a loud pop. I had to manually try to open the tray only to see tons of broken pieces! Luckily I only had to pay 10 bucks to replace the disc.
 
you lose lol

not even your XP disc haha

disc must of had a weak spot or fracture in it somewhere that caused it to fail under load. if it was a library disc, its probably subject to more wear and tear and generally not looked after very well by people who loan it out
 
that was microsoft's anti-piracy emergency self-destruct function. you forgot about it because you were too busy breaking the law. 😉
 
Originally posted by: michaels
I will post one later when I pry my drive open all the way.
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pry?! there is a small hole on the front of the drive. stick a paperclip in and the lock mechanism will release and you should be able to open it fairly easily.

edit: oh and pics of course 😛
 
most likely there are some hairline cracks on the disc to begin of.
my plextor ripped a win2k disc into shreds long time ago, microsoft replaced the disc for me.
 
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: michaels
I will post one later when I pry my drive open all the way.
Click to expand...
pry?! there is a small hole on the front of the drive. stick a paperclip in and the lock mechanism will release and you should be able to open it fairly easily.

edit: oh and pics of course 😛
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All the bits and pieces of xp in there might make it a little harder on the rails and gears.
 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: michaels
I will post one later when I pry my drive open all the way.
Click to expand...
pry?! there is a small hole on the front of the drive. stick a paperclip in and the lock mechanism will release and you should be able to open it fairly easily.

edit: oh and pics of course 😛
Click to expand...

All the bits and pieces of xp in there might make it a little harder on the rails and gears.
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yeah i knew that, i just wanted to give the OP a hard time 😛
 
Reminds me of Sony's BS story about how they couldn't make a top-loading PS2 because the disc would go flying out and cut someone's head off due to the RPM's.
 
My friends CDROM did that to a Lords of the Realm 2 disc quite a few years ago. It was our only disc and we shared it...it was a sad day. 🙁
 
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