CDs won't load
I'm having a continual problem when I insert a CD. Audio CDs work fine, but if I try to install a game for example, it doesn't show signs of loading. There's no icon on my desktop or in Finder. It just makes a whirring sound and goes quiet. Recently I discovered that the Disk Utility is able to eject them, but beforehand I had to manually eject while rebooting. I'm having this problem yet again with a game I just bought.
So what's causing this, and what can I do about it?
Thanks!
Hi, Janzoo,
and welcome to the forum.
I have no experience with cd for games, but i guess, they should work (if they are for OSX at least). Thus, if they don't work, i would suspect either that the cd is not correct, or the optical drive has a problem.
can the cd's be read on another (mac)computer? you could also try to connect an external reader (via usb) and see if it works. Once more, if the cd is for OSX, and in good shape, it should show up on your desktop and open normally. if not, it's either not for OSX, or not a good cd, or the optical drive has problems.
Hope this helps - please report back!
Thomas
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