[email protected] wrote: > Hi Listers, > > Recent discovery: > > The Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-103 optical drive in my G4 Quicksilver 867 will > read up and make proper use of CDs I put in it (usually my game CD at > this point). However, several days ago when I put my Tiger boot/install > DVD in it, after some minutes of "thinking about it," the drive simply > opened up and spit it out. It never showed up on the desktop. Tried > several times, no go. I feel totally "naked" without the ability to be > able to boot from my Tiger DVD/use its Disk Utility if necessary. > > So an optical drive's DVD and CD reading ability can die at different > times, huh? :-(
They use two different lasers. Of course the DVD part may not have died but may simply be dirty. Have you tried a disk cleaner? > > ...and it's time for me to get a new one? > > Question: if it takes me awhile to replace the optical drive so I can > use my Tiger DVD again, and I suspect it might, will booting from my > Panther CD allow me to use Disk Utility to format/partition an external > and two internal HDs if I have to? Yes -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
