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what_smell
10 Jan 2009, 01:23
Today, I just got my worms armageddon cd, and when I put it in the drive, all it did was spin, but never opened, not automatically, not manually, not even thru cmd. I checked the cd, no scratches or dust. I am running Vista Home Premium.
Never mind. I finally got it working. Just kept opening and closing the drive. Well, now its official, I have made the move from WWP, to W:A.

franpa
10 Jan 2009, 03:02
try updating your Optical Drive's firmware or use a CD lens cleaner + a dvd lens cleaner in it (if it reads dvd's)

lDarKl
10 Jan 2009, 10:00
Well, now its official, I have made the move from WWP, to W:A.
Step in the right direction, good to have you. :)

MrBunsy
10 Jan 2009, 10:02
Did you try just navigating to the CD in explorer? Command prompt seems a bit excessive :p

what_smell
10 Jan 2009, 19:59
Did you try just navigating to the CD in explorer? Command prompt seems a bit excessive :p
Yeah, i tried explorer, then cmd, but nothing. Odly enough, after opening and closing the drive about ten times, it finally read the disc.

franpa
11 Jan 2009, 01:50
Hence why you should use a CD + DVD lens cleaner like I said above, will most likely lower the number of times you need to insert it to 1.

bonz
11 Jan 2009, 02:17
Quite often simply blowing into the open drive can help if a larger piece of fluff is on the lens.
Try not to spit or, but use compressed air. Otherwise you might make it worse.

franpa
11 Jan 2009, 03:27
whats wrong with compressed air?

bonz
11 Jan 2009, 12:57
whats wrong with compressed air?
I worded that sentence wrong.
I meant to say: "use compressed air in case you spit too much".

franpa
11 Jan 2009, 13:25
Ah, ok then :)

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