Urgent HELP required on CD-ROM drive...

[Holidayletlondon]

X-No-archive: yes

Hello, My CD-ROM (D drive isn't working. It won't run any CDs, and reads
them all as audio ones. It won't list the contents of CDs, or shows them all
having one file. I use Windows XP. And have searched various help guides for
the answer, and tried different things, but can't solve the problem. Is there
anyone out there who can help me with this problem? If so, please respond to
this message, or e-mail me at: (e-mail address removed)
Any help on this matter will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Cerridwen]

X-No-archive: yes

Hello, My CD-ROM (D drive isn't working. It won't run any CDs, and
reads them all as audio ones. It won't list the contents of CDs, or
shows them all having one file. I use Windows XP. And have searched
various help guides for the answer, and tried different things, but
can't solve the problem. Is there anyone out there who can help me
with this problem? If so, please respond to this message, or e-mail
me at: (e-mail address removed)
Any help on this matter will be greatly appreciated.

I suggest you try the obvious first and replace the drive.

 

[CBFalconer]

X-No-archive: yes

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Any help on this matter will be greatly appreciated.

On principle, I do not help anyone who uses the X-No-archive
marker in usenet. I trust there are many others with the same
attitude.

 

[VWWall]

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On principle, I do not help anyone who uses the X-No-archive
marker in usenet. I trust there are many others with the same
attitude.

Just quote the post entirely. It will then be archived with yours.

Virg Wall

 

[bearman]

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On principle, I do not help anyone who uses the X-No-archive
marker in usenet. I trust there are many others with the same
attitude.

I seen that before. Can you tell me what X-No-archive is?

Thanks.

Bearman

 

[Holidayletlondon]

I suggest you try the obvious first and replace the drive.

Why would I want to go and replace the drive straight away, when it may not
even need replacing? The drive may not even be faulty. I'd like to find out
if it is fixable, before spending money on a new drive. Maybe you like wasting
money, but many others do not.

 

[Pen]

Unfortunately when that happened to me, one month after the warranty
ran out,
it was the drive that was defective. No fix.

 

[CBFalconer]

I seen that before. Can you tell me what X-No-archive is?

It may also appear in the headers, and thus not show unless you
are displaying full headers. It is a signal to those who want to
honor it that you do not want your article preserved for
posterity. Google honors it, thus such posts will not appear on
google.

I consider it totally ridiculous, and only hampers those looking
up whatever. If you don't want to be quoted etc. then don't say
anything in the first place. Once you publish an article on
usenet it is in the public domain, as far as I am concerned.

 

[Holidayletlondon]

On principle, I do not help anyone who uses the X-No-archive
marker in usenet. I trust there are many others with the same
attitude.

What's wrong with using the 'X-No-archive: yes' marker in posts to newsgroups?
Not everyone wants their posts archived. And some posts simply aren't worth
archiving. 'X-No-archive: yes' is there for a reason. Some people want to be
private and anonymous on the Internet. There is nothing wrong with that.
Privacy is a basic human right. Why is it that there's always someone who
feels the need to find fault in anything and everything?

 

[Holidayletlondon]

If you don't want to be quoted etc. then don't say
anything in the first place. Once you publish an article on
usenet it is in the public domain, as far as I am concerned.

All I did was ask a simple and harmless question. I asked for help, that's
all. I think it's quite sad the way some people feel the need to find fault in
anything and everything. If someone wants to use 'X-No-archive: yes' in their
posts - it's their choice. And people like you - can mind their own business.

 

[Holidayletlondon]

If you don't want to be quoted etc. then don't say
anything in the first place. Once you publish an article on
usenet it is in the public domain, as far as I am concerned.

All I did was ask a simple and harmless question. I asked for help, that's
all. I think it's quite sad the way some people feel the need to find fault in
anything and everything. If someone wants to use 'X-No-archive: yes' in their
posts - it's their choice. And people like you - can mind their own business.

 

[Jon Danniken]

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On principle, I do not help anyone who uses the X-No-archive
marker in usenet. I trust there are many others with the same
attitude.

Yeppers, there is at least one. One of the great things about newsgroup archiving, especially
in the computer sections, is that it provides for a means to look up a problem that has occurred
before, without having to ask it a second or third or fourth time.

Jon

 

[kony]

What's wrong with using the 'X-No-archive: yes' marker in posts to newsgroups?
Not everyone wants their posts archived. And some posts simply aren't worth
archiving. 'X-No-archive: yes' is there for a reason. Some people want to be
private and anonymous on the Internet. There is nothing wrong with that.
Privacy is a basic human right. Why is it that there's always someone who
feels the need to find fault in anything and everything?

You're asking for help in a selfish way... I'm confident that you have
benefited from other's experiences because they didn't try to prevent the
post from being archived, whether it be directly or indirectly. Now you
want help but are taking measures to prevent others from the same benefits
you've enjoyed, and further quite possibly causing the very people you're
asking for help from, to re-answer the same questions again and again, a
needless waste of resources.

Even if replies to your post are archived, it's often that the entirety of
the initial post isn't recanted, and even more efficient that way in many
situations. If your post was nothing more than mundane chatter that
belonged on IRC or in email it'd be a different matter, but your problem
is one that other people WILL be facing, seeking to resolve.

Well if you were patient enough to read this far, try booting the system
to a Windows boot floppy with CDROM support and see if the drive will read
from DOS. If you've only tried CDR media then try pressed (retail) discs.
If it won't even work in DOS you might take a can of compressed air and
blow it out, but otherwise it's not worth fooling with, just buy a CDRW
drive to replace it.

If it WILL properly read (the same discs which fail in windows) then take
a look at the OS configuration, especially any CD/DVD software or virtual
CDROM emulator software that you might've installed. It might be helpful
to try the drive in another system if possible.

 

[JT]

All I did was ask a simple and harmless question. I asked for help, that's
all. I think it's quite sad the way some people feel the need to find fault in
anything and everything. If someone wants to use 'X-No-archive: yes' in their
posts - it's their choice. And people like you - can mind their own business.

You are the one that came here asking for help. Someone explained why they
would not help someone they considered too selfish to share with posterity.
Your choice not to share. His a choice to share his thoughts with you. That
is how usenet works. Don't like it. Tough.

JT

 

[Holidayletlondon]

You are the one that came here asking for help. Someone explained >why

theywould not help someone they considered too selfish to share >with
posterity. Your choice not to share. His a choice to share his >thoughts with
you. That is how usenet works. Don't like it. Tough.

JT

How am I selfish? Just because someone uses 'X-No-archive: yes' in their posts
- that makes them selfish?! It's called freedom of choice. What an
overcritical idiot you are. Just like the other guy. And if you don't like my
answer - tough. lol

 

[Holidayletlondon]

You're asking for help in a selfish way... I'm confident that you have
benefited from other's experiences because they didn't try to prevent >the

post from being archived, whether it be directly or indirectly. Now >you want
help but are taking measures to prevent others from the same >benefits you've
enjoyed, and further quite possibly causing the very >people you're asking for
help from, to re-answer the same questions >again and again, a needless waste
of resources.

Yes, and no one's perfect. I dislike it when people make themselves out to be
perfect. Always thinking about others, etc. These people tend to be
hypocrites.
Ok, you dislike the use of 'X-No-archive: yes' in posts. But people have a
right to use it, if they so wish. There's no need to make a such a big deal
out of it. If people get so worked up over something like that, then they
clearly need to change their lifestyles (or get lives).
If someone uses 'X-No-archive: yes' - it does NOT mean they are selfish. To
make such judgements about complete strangers, is just plain ignorance. People
have a right to privacy and anonymity on the Internet. Privacy is a basic
human right. That's why such things like 'X-No-archive: yes' exist. People
have a right to make choices. Having choices and options is a very good thing.
Freedom of choice, etc. Someone who uses 'X-No-archive: yes' has as much
right to post to newsgroups as anyone else, without others making a huge fuss
out of it. If anyone doesn't like it, then they don't have to respond to the
post - simple!

 

[Trent©]

I suggest you try the obvious first and replace the drive.

Why not replace the computer?


Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

 

[Trent©]

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On principle, I do not help anyone who uses the X-No-archive
marker in usenet. I trust there are many others with the same
attitude.

And some without that attitude also.


Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

 

[Trent©]

What's wrong with using the 'X-No-archive: yes' marker in posts to newsgroups?
Not everyone wants their posts archived. And some posts simply aren't worth
archiving. 'X-No-archive: yes' is there for a reason. Some people want to be
private and anonymous on the Internet. There is nothing wrong with that.
Privacy is a basic human right. Why is it that there's always someone who
feels the need to find fault in anything and everything?

All my posts are as yours. I, too, don't allow archiving of my
posts...with rare exception.


Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

 

[Trent©]

Yeppers, there is at least one. One of the great things about newsgroup archiving, especially
in the computer sections, is that it provides for a means to look up a problem that has occurred
before, without having to ask it a second or third or fourth time.

Jon

Google...and others...have made MILLIONS (actually, billions)...from
posts like yours...and attitudes like yours. How much have the guys
from Google paid you for your contribution?

If they want to use my posts, they need to pay me first.


Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!