[Sort of resolved?] CD in = no computer functionality

[MHat]

Ever get that problem where you put a CD in your drive, and it keeps constantly reading it for no apparent reason, locking down your PC? No? Well that's the problem I have. And I would like to know how to solve it

 

[V00D00]

I would suggest you try a different CD.

Do you mean it locks it down to the point where you can't do ANYTHING and you must do a hard reboot, or it just slows everything down for a minute or so.

The drive could be going bad, or the disk could be damaged.

If possible, you should try to swap it out for a different drive. Then you can determine if its actually your computer/operating system, or just a bad drive

 

[jimbob200521]

ive had that happen before, and i always end up either putting it in a different drive and using recovery software, or just saying fvck it and throwing the cd away. more or less hit and miss

 

[Twista]

always

=) its a worn cd rw drive for me :/ needs replacing since its pretty old now.

 

[MHat]

Thanks for the suggestions. It stopped doing it now, but it has always been a problem, and could start up again any day. I can't tell if it's the drive or drive+windows or meda. Disc is pretty much scratch free, very new. I'm leaning towards drive though.
It's my Samsung DVD/CD burner I don't really feel like replacing it, as I just got it last year or so.
To answer V00d00: i would have to reboot if i don't take the disc out of the drive. Doing that stops it.

 

[nineball9]

Might try checking the logs under Administrative Tools. You may find some drive errors.

 

[MHat]

Interesting. I got a bunch of Warnings from "cdrom". Details say errors reported during paging operation.