hi sid. is your drive making a continuious
whew,whew,whew type of sound when attempting to read the disk? if so the chances are it is knackered as this happened to two of mine twice. i tried cleaning the lense and sucking out any dust, but the same thing was happening. had to buy a new one. i know this is not a fix, but it may stop you messing around with it.
dave
December 2008
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