Any computer genius help me :)
- Thread starter Nero3
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try going into system in the control panel, choose the hardware tab and select device manager. if you then choose the DVD drive and uninstall it and reboot the machine it should re-detect it
give that a try and if it doesn't work shout back and i'll think of something else
give that a try and if it doesn't work shout back and i'll think of something else
Jayde
In Cryo Sleep
GSA means it's an LG-made drive. Never had trouble with any of those. The thing with CD/DVD drives is that there are no drivers for them. They are all accessed via standard interfaces and there's usually only one driver for each of those from the OS vendor.
Quick fix: Since WoW isn't copy protected you could just share the DVD drive of another machine on the network and install from there. Or you could copy the fully installed and patched game from there.
If you want to fix your drive: What exactly doesn't work? Is there no drive letter or is it just not recognizing any disc you put in?
Quick fix: Since WoW isn't copy protected you could just share the DVD drive of another machine on the network and install from there. Or you could copy the fully installed and patched game from there.
If you want to fix your drive: What exactly doesn't work? Is there no drive letter or is it just not recognizing any disc you put in?
Jayde
In Cryo Sleep
Saw Nero in-game so he made it in the end. Congrats! I just got my copy and the DVD is totally fucked. 2 of the huge Tome files are corrupted. My other DVD drive doesn't even recognize this piece of polycarbonate shit.
Did some research on the forums and it seems that Blizz fucked up good this time. There's countless people having read errors on the very same files inside the Tome archives and all they can do is tell them to "Try Safe Mode" or "Switch from DMA to PIO". But then again, DVD technology has only been around for like 10 years now, so Blizz might still be struggling with getting used to the new format.
I'm now in the process of conjuring the files from questionable sources.
Did some research on the forums and it seems that Blizz fucked up good this time. There's countless people having read errors on the very same files inside the Tome archives and all they can do is tell them to "Try Safe Mode" or "Switch from DMA to PIO". But then again, DVD technology has only been around for like 10 years now, so Blizz might still be struggling with getting used to the new format.
I'm now in the process of conjuring the files from questionable sources.
Jayde
In Cryo Sleep
In case anyone does in fact care, I managed to wrench the files off the DVD on my GNU/Linux laptop. I also have the final explanation why Nero's machine wouldn't recognize the disc at all:
Those steaming homosexuals used the UDF file system, the support for which is dodgy at best on most consumer desktops. They did it probably after realizing that some of their MPQs ended up being larger than 2 GB, exceeding the file size limit for the most common ISO implementations. To not have everyone point and laugh at them they even decided to *hide* the files on the DVD.
This supports my theory that there are only 2 types of people at Blizz. One type is the utter genius who only works at Blizz because they were offering more cash than NASA. The other is a complete nutjob who if not employed by Blizz would roam the streets bullying people for beer and beating up homeless people.
Those steaming homosexuals used the UDF file system, the support for which is dodgy at best on most consumer desktops. They did it probably after realizing that some of their MPQs ended up being larger than 2 GB, exceeding the file size limit for the most common ISO implementations. To not have everyone point and laugh at them they even decided to *hide* the files on the DVD.
This supports my theory that there are only 2 types of people at Blizz. One type is the utter genius who only works at Blizz because they were offering more cash than NASA. The other is a complete nutjob who if not employed by Blizz would roam the streets bullying people for beer and beating up homeless people.