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    dvd/cd drive problem (world of warcraft)

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by duke8628, Feb 25, 2009.

  1. duke8628

    duke8628 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi there, before I state my problem I should state that I do not have the latest windows updates installed (installing now) yet.

    When I insert world of warcraft to install on my brand new Dell XPS M1530, I get all the way up until disc 5, and then the drive seems to freeze and it won't read disc 5. On top of that, it won't read ANY cd or dvd unless I restart my computer (in which case it all works fine again, except disc 5)
    does anyone know why this is?
     
    duke8628, Feb 25, 2009
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    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    Same happened to me on the m1330 its a driver issue i called dell support and they said there working on it. That was August. Your best bet is to download the client and install it. Or drag the files from the disc into a folder and install from there
     
    Brendanmurphy, Feb 25, 2009
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    duke8628 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thank you, as long as i know i didn't get a faulty CD-ROM drive or something. I'm actually just downloading off the WoW website instead. takes a bit longer but i'll just have to delay playing one more night
     
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    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    Your welcome. I know its an inconvinence but atleast youll still get to play. You could just insert the cd then make a world of warcraft folder and drag the contents of each cd into that folder on your desktop and run it. Thats what i did :D
     
    Brendanmurphy, Feb 25, 2009
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