I have a problem with optical driver

i have a desktop with internal internal disc driver and it doesn't read or recognize a dvd or cd. I cleaned using a laser lens cleaner dvd and still doing sametinhg
ejects DVDS. My desktop is 2006
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CB83C3E3. Can i replace the optical drver? please some advise . Thanks.

Believe it or not, sometimes the optical drive issues are due to the PRAM battery getting low. You are right at the age where it might make a difference. Have an authorized service technician see if that makes a difference. If it doesn't, then get an http://www.macsales.com/ optical drive for your machine.

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I backed up all my files onto a DVD. Then formatted and reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate. At first I could access the files on my DVD, now It says I must format the disk in drive D before I can use it. When I cancel, it says D:\ is not accessable. Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
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Hello again RicTech,
I am glad to hear you were able to access the files. The only thing I can think of given what you have posted is to check to ensure that you have updated the optical drive drivers on your computer. To do this I would recommend running the HP Support Assistant to update all your HP drivers and ensuring that you have run all your Windows Updates as well.
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Please Help-Problem with Optical Drive, it's a Mystery...

Well I'm a fairly big Imogen Heap fan, and her new CD came out the 25th. So I went to Best Buy and I bought the deluxe version which includes a seperate disc with instrumentals. I got home, put it in, and my Mac made a "scratching" kind of noise, then it spit out the disc. I figured there was a problem with it, I went back to Best Buy, got a new one, and it did the exact same thing.
HOWEVER, both of the instrumental discs worked just fine, and imported just fine. The normal audio disc also works on my Ubuntu computer, Windows computer, and my other Early 2009 Macbook Pro. I also restarted my Mac, cleaned the disc, and that did nothing.
So, what's the problem do you think?
(Also I went to Apple but there were no appointments available, and they were too busy to just look at it without an appointment )

Hi Mate,
I didn't do an OS install, I took it to an apple store and made a Genius Bar appointemnt. Explained the proble and after 15min conversation, they diagnosed it as teh following;
The felt/rubber where you put the CD/DVD had gone hard and the friction is causing the CD/DVD to get stuck and be loaded. They tried to tell me that I need to replace the top case (£140+VAT) as its in-built into it or I can use a £3 spudger to push the CD's in......needles to say the Spudger works fine.....Shame I wasted £100 on the new optical drive ;o( Maybe sell teh spare on eBay....Happy days!

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Lacie doesnt make HD, thats a Seagate inside the box.
Is there a fix?
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You mean Seagate
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Apple new macbook pro dosent have a disk drive. Does the older model have a problem with the disc drive and so is removed in the new model?

apple new macbook pro dosent have a disk drive. Does the older model have a problem with the disc drive and so is removed in the new model?

No. Apple replaced the disk drive with a solid state drive (SSD) instead. The SSD is faster the old disk drive.
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Have you replaced your optical drive with a second hard disk?

Hi guys,
I am currently thinking about replacing my optical drive in my MacBook Pro for a 256 GB SSD, as my main hard drive is getting filled up.
Have you replaced the optical drive in your computer, and what is your experience? I'm looking at either OptiBay or OWC Data Doubler. Which would you recommend?
Thanks!

Actually I'm about ready to do this myself.
I installed a SSD in my Windows 7 desktop PC about 9 months ago and the difference is just amazing.
I bought a new Dell Latitude and got it about a week ago, very fast but not as fast as my desktop. I then ordered a modular bay hard drive enclosure to replace the optical drive and another SSD. Installed the drive I had as my boot drive, a 750GB 7200RPM drive, in the modular bay enclosure and installed the SSD as the main boot drive. System screams.
I then look at my MBP late 2011 with i7 CPU and the 5400RPM drive that comes with it. Slow comparatively.
So I've been hunting around and I think I've settled on the Optibay as it comes with a optical drive enclosure and the proper cable to connect that drive to a USB port.
I will mount the SSD in the optical bay caddy and make that my Boot drive leaving the original HDD where it is as the mounting system for it has shock absorbers. The SSD I will get willl be the 6GB type as but the main SATA port and the optical bay port are both 6GB.

Ipod classic says when trying to sync, Problems with this drive. Scan the drive and fix it ...what do i have to do?

When trying to sync my ipod classic I get an error message " owners IPO (I)...Problems with this drive..Scan the drive and fix it now.....How am i supposed to scan the drive and fix it?

Hi chiefdon,
If you are having syncing and possibly disk issues with your iPod classic, you may find the steps outlined in the following Troubleshooting Assistant helpful:
Apple Support: iPod classic Troubleshooting Assistant
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/
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I have a problem with JDBC Realm in Tomcat/Oracle/Win XP

I have a problem with JDBC Realm in Tomcat.
I have attached my server.xml file located in the
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\conf\server.xml
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C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\conf\tomcat-users.xml
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user_pass varchar(15) not null
create table roles
role_name varchar(15) not null primary key
create table user_roles
user_name varchar(15) not null,
role_name varchar(15) not null,
primary key( user_name, role_name )
select * from users;
----------------------+
| user_name | user_pass |
----------------------+
| tomcat | tomcat |
| user1 | tomcat |
| user2 | tomcat |
| user3 | tomcat |
----------------------+
select * from roles;
| role_name |
| tomcat |
| role1 |
select * from user_roles;
-----------------------+
| role_name | user_name |
-----------------------+
| tomcat | user1 |
| role1 | user2 |
| tomcat | tomcat |
| role1 | tomcat |
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Is there a phone number to call Adobe. I go around an endless loop pressing their contact info tabs? Maybe someone at this sight can help. I am new to digital photo - I have been a B&W film photographer for many years. I have a problem with a Macbook Ai

Is there a phone number to call Adobe. I go around an endless loop pressing their contact info tabs? Maybe someone at this sight can help. I am new to digital photo - I have been a B&W film photographer for many years. I have a problem with a Macbook Air. It was working fine - I was using LR and a message came on the screen that said something like the memory was dangerously low. I stopped and tried to delete LR files. I couldn't do it. I closed the program and tried reopening and got the message that there is not enough memory available to open LR. I contacted Apple. They spent a half hour on the phone with me and eventually told me they didn't know how to help. The tech said that LR had gobbled up all the memory and said I should contact Adobe and ask where and how my photo files are stored and to delete them. I have several back-ups. Thanks - Arthur

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I have a problem with Mail on my Macbook Pro. It is configurated with a gmail account, and now I can't access the mail. Is it possible to reboot the account or..? Please help:)

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The question mark means the computer cannot find a bootable volumes so can;t do anything, That, combined with annoying sounds, strongly suggests a failed hard drive.
You can ask a "genius" at an Apple Rtail Store to test it but I'm pretty sure the drive is kaput. I'm hoping you had your data backed up.

I have a problem with my 4s camera which has come up recently. Everytime I take a picture and look it up via the 'Photos' app, it shows as blank. But when I click on edit on the blank picture, it comes up and I am able to save it back on my photo album.

I have a problem with my 4s camera which has come up recently. Everytime I take a picture and look it up via the 'Photos' app, it shows as blank. But when I click on edit on the blank picture, it comes up and I am able to save it back on my photo album as a proper image. Besides, I have also experiences the camera working a bit wiered (slow and often blanks out the moment I am ready to take a photo). Any help on this pls?

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There are a few things that are confusing in your question.
As far as I know, you dont have to install Time Machine on this OS as it is already installed for you. You only need to connect a hard drive to your computer via firewire or usb, click on the Time Machine icon, Open Time Machine Preference in the drop down menu and select a disk: your connected hard drive.
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I find it strange that your mac's hard drive is divided into two volumes... perhaps this was created through bootcamp?
You can access the configuration of your hd through Applications/Utilities/Disk Utilities.
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