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CDROM Load Lockup Inevitable?
Name: y3468 Date: May 27, 2009 at 07:59:42 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 4 Product: Dell / Vostro Subcategory: Hardware Problems
Comment:
I know that this issue has been around since the dawn of time, but when you insert an cd/dvd into your drive in windows, you always get that brief system pause while the drive is loading...Is there any way around this or is it inevitable?
Name: OtheHill Date: May 27, 2009 at 08:14:34 Pacific
Reply:
No, yes.
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Response Number 2
Name: y3468 Date: May 27, 2009 at 09:16:49 Pacific
Reply:
Any Idea what the actual cause is?
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Response Number 3
Name: T-R-A Date: May 27, 2009 at 10:08:50 Pacific
Reply:
The entire system shouldn't pause (you should still be able to move the mouse, etc.), but you can't access the drive itself until it has spun-up to read speed...
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