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Old January 19th, 2008, 03:48 PM
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Default OT: CD ROM Problem
I almost hate to ask this after reading about Renegade's problem, but here goes...

I have an IBM Aptiva running Windows 98 (yes it's 9 years old). But, there was space for a second hard drive so I had one installed (Seagate) with the idea of running Knoppix Linux on it. I downloded that, and replaced my CD ROM drive with a CD-RW. Then I got a little freeware utility to burn the iso to CD. That disk works fine, and I can launch Knoppix from the CD. (I want to do "poor man's install" but I need more RAM).

So, the problem is that the CD I burned using the new drive is the only one that will work any more. My music and game CDs now cause the computer to freeze. I won't go into detail, but I've tried several things and still have no idea what's wrong. Do any of you techies out there have a clue why this could be?
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