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Computer won't run CD's!

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Michael Shaw

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I just reinstalled Windows 2000 Professional on another computer in my house, and now it doesn't run the CDs.

I can't really explain what happens that well, but when I put the CD in it spins up fine. If I go into my computer and press on "D" My Computer totally freezes up. After a while it will respond again (up to 2-3 minutes later) and it tells me this...

"Disk is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?" - If press yes, it says it can't do it.

In event viewer I get this message:

"The device, \Device\CdRom0, has a bad block"

I've tried two different drives and they both give me this message. I've tried running the windows repair wizard and it didn't help, however the CD-ROM drive performed fine while starting up the windows boot program...

Any help appreciated!

P.S. - I'm not sure if this belongs here or in operating systems.. move it if required.
 
Try replacing the IDE cable that the CD-Rom is connected to, or just move the cd-rom to the opposite controller (primary/secondary)
 
Is it just one specific disk doing this? If so try seeing if it is smudged, scratched, or needs cleaning. If all disks are doing this it could be the IDE cable or header. Try the suggested cable swap, and if that doesn't work, try swapping IDE headers and see what that does.
 
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