3 Jul
2009
3 Jul
'09
10:09 p.m.
I've experienced DVD drives that don't read particular DVD media that I
burn on other drives. Sometimes fixable by either burning the DVD
slower, burning in another drive, or using another type of DVD media,
even DVD-RW. Sometimes also fixable by running my finger around the
spindle hole or whistling that machine tune from Close Encounters.
Another workaround I've used is to obtain a reliable DVD drive and place
it in a 133.350mm USB to IDE casing. This requires BIOS support for
boot from USB attached DVD.
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 01:42:02PM -1000, david wrote:
Or maybe I should just extract the hard drive from the
laptop, put it in
my external USB drive housing, install to that from the other laptop,
then put it back ...
Been there, done that. Only in desperation. The connectors on hard
drives have a limited design lifetime in terms of mating and removal.
Your approach sounds good ... find if there is another installation
method.
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