On Nov 29, 2008, at 6:18 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
> > Grey 10.4 DVD for G4 keeps ejecting from the DVD player. Yet other > Apple DVD disks stay in and load and install. > > Any idea why this one refuses to stay in the player. > > I can not install because it keeps ejecting. > > I can hear it read and move the head then it ejects. Here's where I bet you wish you had made a copy of the disk, and/or made an image of it that you stored on an external hard drive. Your experience is indicative of a damaged disk that cannot be read and thus can't be mounted, which is why it's ejected. Does the same thing happen in other computers with DVD drives? Assuming you've got a scratched or otherwise damaged disk, you may be able to do what I've done several times: make a copy with Toast Titanium, using the "Disk Recovery" option. Disk Recovery takes a lot of time as it works to extract files made unavailable by scratches and other disk surface damage. It's not always successful, but it's worth a try. Disk polishing before running Toast helps. My usual routine with disks suspected of being too damaged to install software or to be read properly is to first try to copy the disk with Toast *without* using the Disk Recovery feature. If the disk is too damaged to be read normally, Toast will tell me that and suggest trying again with Disk Recovery. That's when I clean and polish the disk. If Disk Recovery doesn't work, then I get a new disk. CDs and DVDs don't last forever, and sometimes they are manufactured improperly. I ran across a brand new, in the wrapper Windows XP Pro SP2 disk last week during a Boot Camp installation for a friend that was loaded with unreadable areas. The disk was clean and unscratched, but apparently it either hadn't been burned properly or had suffered internal degradation during its four years or so of sitting on a shelf somewhere. Yes, it was a genuine Microsoft disk and passed the four tests for authenticity, so it wasn't a pirated copy. Good luck, and remember to make copies of all new software disks as soon as you get them. -- Jim Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
