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    cd drive isn't reading cds

    Discussion in 'HP' started by vinceboiii, Feb 5, 2008.

  1. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    hi my freind has a hp zd8000 series and i am trying to help him reformat it but every cd that i put it it reads them as blank when i know they are not blanks

    can anyone help me here? thanks in advance
     
    vinceboiii, Feb 5, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    does it read any cd's at all? Its probably a faulty drive
     
    flipfire, Feb 5, 2008
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  3. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    it does read, thats what my friend told me but for some odd reason right now it reads them as blank cds, its probably about....6-7 months old now
     
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    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    okay i tried some new cds, like real cds to be exact and they work such as the warcraft 3 roc cd worked and this sample cd from maximum pc, but the burned cds are the cds that isn't being read
     
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    Or the cd's are just messed up. If you burnt them yourself, they could be coasters. To prove that, original CD's worked, and burnt ones didn't.

    How many different burnt CD's did you try? Different brands? or did you just try like 5 cd's of the same brand?
     
    Yitzter, Feb 5, 2008
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