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Posted by ~misfit~ on 02/22/06 23:00
void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
> I just got a new Asus E616A DVD-ROM drive, and it can't read a
> commercial CD-ROM disc that I have. When I put in the disc, the green
> light flashes for around 10 seconds and then turns off, and Windows
> says "please insert a disc" when I click on the drive. But I know the
> disc is fine, because it works when I put it into my 5-year old TDK CD
> burner. I tried some other CD-ROM discs in the Asus drive, and it was
> able to read those... it just can't read that one disc for some
> reason. Does it sound defective?
Copy protection. Some CDs aren't meant to be played on a PC.
Have you heard of Sony's Root Kit? Google it and be afraid, very afraid. Yet
it's not the only form of copy protection that's out there. I have taken an
oath to *never* buy a commercial CD again.
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~misfit~
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