ok im having problems with my cd drive (Q:\) i cant use it, i cant load audio cds, computer games, blank discs to burn to, nothing, it says the drive is locked, does anyone have any idea on how to help me?
Indeed. Either that or something has really buggered up your drive. Do a complete virus check all over your computer and see if you can fix anything there - if you don't have an anti-virus: 1 - you're silly (no offence) 2 - GET ONE. If I knew more about the problem I'd be able to help out a little more, but for the time being that'll have to do. Sorry mate :\
It's maybe possible. Check for what seems to be a MS-DOS EXE in your scanner folder... Then, if you know how to use the command prompt in MS-DOS you know what to do... If not... When booting : Press F8 without stopping You will have choices : Normal boot, Safe Mode, MS-DOS, etc. Choose MS-DOS. Then you have C:/ You enter the location of the EXE (C:/Program Files/Norton/...) or something like this. Hope this helps
Try what Todd said. One day my CD-ROM drive locked up and I just restarted the computer. I really don't know why it did that, but it did. I just restarted it and it was OK.
Windows does that and the fact that Windows is a buggy piece 'o crap is the only explination I can think of.
haha...ive had the same thing....i got a virus from kazaa......so yeah ive learned my lesson with illegal stuff...i dont use kazaa or anything like that anymore...i just buy music/videos now...youll probably have to and start from scratch again...like a entire sysytem reset....thats waht i had to do....thats the best i can do to help...
It's maybe in your BIOS. If you know how to use it, do an auto-detect of your drives. If not, ask for help .
Ask for someone who knows how it works, there are many BIOS and if you make a mistake you can mess everything up.
When your pc boots, press delete. There, u'll find bios. Then, i think it's something to do with the master or slave settings of the cd-rom. Try all combinations, but DON'T change anything else than the cd-rom settings. If u think something's wrong, just don't save.