CD Drive Wont Recognize certain CDs

Maveth · 10-10-2006, 08:57 AM

I have recently bought an Acer 5112WLMi laptop,

I havent had a problem with it up till now.
Whenever i go to instal something that requires more than 1 cd to do so it doesnt work.
I put disk 1 in, (Battlefield 2), and it continues with the install perfectly, everything looks normal. Then when it asks for me to put disk 2 in, I do so.
But this is where the problem happens. I wont continue the install. All the disk does is spin around very quickly and then slow down as if its skipping. The installation progress bar doesnt more at all either during this time.
I then thought that it was just a problem with the disk. So i decided to install something else. I installed World of Warcraft. Disk 1 worked perfectly and then when it asks for disk 2 the same thing happens. The disk spins quickly and then skips.
Any idea on how i can solve this ??
thanx

~~OMGmissinglink~~ · 10-10-2006, 10:58 AM

laptop drives are slower in one respect when your insert the 2nd disk it might take a tad bit more of a wait on the drive to take off where as desktop drives are much quicker.

**laboye** · 10-11-2006, 12:43 AM

Hi and welcome to TSF! It would sound to me like a software or OS problem. So far that's all I can narrow it down to. Have you made any significant changes in any of these before these problems occured?

10-10-2006, 08:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
Maveth Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1 OS: XP	CD Drive Wont Recognize certain CDs I have recently bought an Acer 5112WLMi laptop, I havent had a problem with it up till now. Whenever i go to instal something that requires more than 1 cd to do so it doesnt work. I put disk 1 in, (Battlefield 2), and it continues with the install perfectly, everything looks normal. Then when it asks for me to put disk 2 in, I do so. But this is where the problem happens. I wont continue the install. All the disk does is spin around very quickly and then slow down as if its skipping. The installation progress bar doesnt more at all either during this time. I then thought that it was just a problem with the disk. So i decided to install something else. I installed World of Warcraft. Disk 1 worked perfectly and then when it asks for disk 2 the same thing happens. The disk spins quickly and then skips. Any idea on how i can solve this ?? thanx

10-11-2006, 12:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	Hi and welcome to TSF! It would sound to me like a software or OS problem. So far that's all I can narrow it down to. Have you made any significant changes in any of these before these problems occured? __________________ Repair Windows XP Guide --- Resolutions Crazy Computer that I'm saving up for::Antec P180 Case;PC Pwr&Cooling 1kW Quad SLI PSU;Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe;Intel Core2 XE X6800;Corsair TWIN2XP2048 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM;2xAsus GeForce 7950 GX2;BFG PhysX Accel.;IBM DVD-RAM/Plextor DVD±RW;Seagate 750GB HD 7200RPM;WDX 150GB 10000RPM;Vigor Monsoon TEC Cooler

10-10-2006, 10:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~OMGmissinglink~~ Troubled Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,535 OS: XP Pro sp2 My System	laptop drives are slower in one respect when your insert the 2nd disk it might take a tad bit more of a wait on the drive to take off where as desktop drives are much quicker.