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Entries Tagged ‘CD Drive’

Prevent Cyclic Redundancy Check Error

This is a common problem and occurred to one of our readers so I thought of writing a detailed article about it, so that it may help others as well. Cyclic Redundancy Check or CRC Error is quite common and can occur in any system.

First of all believe me this error is not certain i.e. [...]

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[Solved] CD Drive not Detected

There may be a case that your CD/DVD drive is ejecting properly but it is not showing up in the My Computer. This was the problem with one of our readers and here are the solutions for that.

Solution 1:
•    First ensure that your device is enabled from the Device Manager.
•    Go to Control Panel -> [...]

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Burn Disc Successful but Disc is Not Reading

It must have happened to you one or the other day that you have burnt a disc CD or DVD but it is showing blank and not reading in many drives.
Well if this is the case then here is what to do to avoid this in future.
Steps:
1. The first and the prime thing to note [...]

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Create Desktop Shortcuts to Eject and Close CD Drive

Don’t make efforts to reach to the CPU and push the CD drive eject button to open the CD tray, just make a shortcut that can do it for you right on your desktop or in the right click context menu.

Similarly you can make a shortcut that can close the drive for you, sounds great [...]

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Install Windows Recovery Console in Windows Boot Menu

If you want to repair Windows installation but can’t get into the Recovery Console of the CD Rom as was the problem of one of our readers, then why not install the Recovery Console directly inside the Windows Boot Menu?

Wouldn’t it be great if you want to access the recovery console but you can do [...]

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Steps to Open or Eject a Jammed and Stuck CD Drive

It can happen to anyone that a CD that you have inserted in the CD Drive gets stuck causing the drive to get jammed and not eject when the eject button is pressed.
This usually happens due to a worn out CD but do not worry as you can manually open the CD Drive within seconds.
Steps:
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