Need help getting install to work

[Liam Proven]

On 27/09/2007, Ari Torhamo <ari.torhamo at saunalahti.fi> wrote:
>
> On to, 2007-09-27 at 17:55 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>
> > Why do you think there is both an option to check the download *and*
> > to check the CD?
> >
> > That means it's a bad burn. It happens. That's /why/ there's a CD check option!
> >
> > Burn it again. If you keep getting bad burns, try a lower speed, or
> > try branded media. If that doesn't work, you might need a new CD
> > burner. In my experience they tend to wear out dramatically sooner
> > than plain old CD-ROMs.
>
>
> Once I had a CD-RW player, which stopped reading disks well. I tried to
> change BIOS settings, tried a different data cable and another
> connector, and whatnot. Finally it came to my mind to blow some air
> strongly to the lens of the laser (being carefull not to spit on it).
> That made the problem go away :-o Might be worth trying before throwing
> away the player. Carefull wiping with a soft cleaning cloth, perhaps
> with some isopropyl alcohol on it, would be a more effective way of
> doing this.

It's fairly easy to clean the type of slimline drawer-loading optical
drives where the whole drive mechanism comes out when the drive is
opened, making the laser lens fully accessible and easy to clean. (The
trick is to do it without smudging or scratching the lens, which is
/not/ so straightforward.)

However, with a conventional 5.25" internal drive, as used in the vast
majority of desktop PCs, the lens is inaccessible within the machine
unless the drive is not only removed but physically disassembled. This
is true of both tray-loading and slot-loading units. These are very
hard to clean, but with new DVD writers being well under £20 new (US
$40 or so), there's not a lot of point.


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