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Cd drive too fast to read cd's

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by esemposki

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I bought a 52x32x52 CD-RW drive. My problem seems to be that as a regular CD drive, the drive is running to fast to read some Data on Program cd's. If I put the same program CD in a slower drive, it reads the Data file fine. If I put it in the Cd-RW drive, it gets about halfway through an install and then says the Data is corrupt, yet I can put it back in the slow drive and install the whole program. Is there anyway with Windows XP to slow down the normal read speed of a drive?

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by djent

It is more likly the functional quality of the drive then the speed. Try a different drive, preferably a good brand like Plextor, and you should have no problems reading disks.

by thechas

It's not a speed issue.

Most likely, the laser tracking is out of alignment. Or, the clamping mechanism does not hold the CD tight enough.

Take the drive back for a replacement.

Chas

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