[TheForge] Computer question

[Chris Caswell]

The drive reads fine, it just won't open automatically!

Chris
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> If there is a disk in the drive it may be having trouble reading the disk
and
> some drives won't open when spinning. Usually the computer will give up on
> the read after a few minuets or so. If the drive light is on, or you hear
a
> spinning sound this is most likely the problem. If not, try making a boot
floppy
> and boot on that, if the drive still won't open you will know it's not
your OS.
> It may be that the drive has failed physically somehow and will need to be
> replaced, fortunately CD drives, even CDR, are pretty cheap these days. I
would
> give it a long thought before I tried to force the door open, at least be
sure
> that the drive isn't spinning.
>
>