I/O Error!!!
 

hi guys.

Right, i took my bh disk out to play another game (IGI 2), however when i put that disk in nothing happened. No autoplay, nothing. I double clicked the icon and it said that no disk had been inserted. I clicked on 'my computer' and it said also that no disk had been inserted so it remained CD Drive Q.

i went into run and typed "Q:" but an error message came up saying

'Q is not accesable. The request could not be performed because of an I/O error.'

I have restarted my comp, put other disks in and nothing! Still doesn't work.

Please halp!!!
BB

p.s some details:
Graphics card > Nvidia Gforce4 440 Go 64m
DVD drive > TOSHIBA DVD ROM SD-R6112

hey guys guess wat!

it works now, didnt know what i did, but i went into device manager and suddenly the disk drive made loads of noises and stuff. the icon didnt come up but i double clicked it in 'my comp' and autoplay opened.

strange...

BB

random...
 

hey...sometimes the disk drive detects the disk, sometimes it doesn't! any ideas whats wrong?

when it does work, it still doesn't show the actual game icon in 'My computer'

i hav tried restarting it as well.

thx
BB

sounds like either the disk is bad/dirty, or the drive is going.

also could check for loose cables.

DVD or CD drives will do that some times, even my has done it, i find some times restart the computer will reset it.

i count it as bad bootup is all.

i had it done to me even with brand new DVDs movies as will.

the DVD/CD Drive bay Icon (shortcut on desktop or in my computer) will not change ether when i put in a another Cd or DVD in ether. only way icon change if i restart the computer

Could be just the CD drive playing up, really. It happens.

Mine's so screwed up that I have to use a paper clip to open it lol - even though generally it pretty much always reads CDs successfully...

well sometimes if i leave my comp. on standby to say go out for the day, then when i come back it cant even find the disk drive.

it doesnt show up in 'my computer' and requires a few restartes just to get it to work

also i regulary clean my disks and disk drive.