Sandi, Well, it only tells me that cleaning the disks didn't fix this particular problem. I suppose the jury won't be back from full deliberation until you're able to run a cleaning disk through that drive and try it with a cleaner lens. :O) Peace, GMan http://reddit.com "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 12:45 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: CD ROM Drive-Update >I washed disk 1 and disk 2 with warm water and dish detergent and patted > dry. Ran disk 1 to completion and it asked for disk 2. I ran disk two > and > the install went for a couple of bars and then gave the error message. > Options were abort, retry, ignore. I chose to retry and it went a little > further. I got the error message repeatedly and each time I chose retry. > It went to the end all bars filled in but would never ask for disk 3. > Finally I hit ignore and then I could no longer get any action from retry > and had to abort. My second try with disk one got an immediate error > message. Does this action tell you anything? I am going to try again this > afternoon after giving it and me a rest. > Yes, I will tell my son to get XP on there so he can help me out :-) > Sandi --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------