WindowsXP pro SP1 CD not readable now on SP3

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Lou Ingwersen

I have a licensed OEM MSWindowsXPpro SP1 CD that I used to get on
WindowsXPpro and after upgrading to SP3 and all the security patches, my
system is not reading the old SP1 CD. I have had this problem for a number
of years and have search everywhere I could possibly search, but to no
avail. The same problem happened with my OfficeXPpro CD as well. I put it in
the drive and the system just keeps blinking the read lamp on my CD drive
but nother seems to happen. Any ideas what changed in later service packs
that could have caused this to happen?
Thanks,
--Lou
 
Lou said:
I have a licensed OEM MSWindowsXPpro SP1 CD that I used to get on
WindowsXPpro and after upgrading to SP3 and all the security patches, my
system is not reading the old SP1 CD. I have had this problem for a number
of years and have search everywhere I could possibly search, but to no
avail. The same problem happened with my OfficeXPpro CD as well. I put it in
the drive and the system just keeps blinking the read lamp on my CD drive
but nother seems to happen. Any ideas what changed in later service packs
that could have caused this to happen?
Thanks,
--Lou
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Make a copy and use that. I did that recently with a copy of XP Pro and
the copy was recognized and XP got installed without a hitch.
 
According to your post Your CD reader has expired. Time to change it to a new one.
 
Peter, My CD reader reads other CDs correctly so I think the driver is
working from that standpoint. I would make a copy of the XPpro CD if I could
get other PCs to read it. I will try that route. Thanks for the suggestions.
--Lou
 
Lou Ingwersen said:
Peter, My CD reader reads other CDs correctly so I think the driver is
working from that standpoint. I would make a copy of the XPpro CD if I could
get other PCs to read it. I will try that route. Thanks for the suggestions.
--Lou
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Download and install ISO Recorder. Use ISO Recorder to make a copy of your
XP install CD. If ISO Recorder cannot copy the disk, or if the CD drive
cannot read the copy, I would suspect there is a problem with your CD drive.
It might be time to start shopping for a new one.
 
Mark Adams said:
Download and install ISO Recorder. Use ISO Recorder to make a copy of your
XP install CD. If ISO Recorder cannot copy the disk, or if the CD drive
cannot read the copy, I would suspect there is a problem with your CD drive.
It might be time to start shopping for a new one.
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Another possible culprit is copy protection drivers that are sometimes
installed by games. These drivers interfere with normal CD/DVD drive
operation (Starforce and Securom come to mind but there are others
like older versions of Roxio), and a few remain installed even after the
games themselves are uninstalled.

That said, if device manager and the registry looks good, try another
drive.
 
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