Drive D: corrupted.

[i3OSS]

Hey, my friend told me that "Drive D: corrupted" appeared when he tried to load a cd, i would go over his house and try securing the cables but im too busy so i was wondering if there is a way to fix this problem over the phone.

[bailey]

what is the system and what is drive d (hd or cd )

[i3OSS]

he doesnt know but its 2 years old, heres the following:
1 HDD
1 CDRW
1 CDROM
Hes kinda computer illiterate.

[bailey]

sorry need more info to answere the question,

the hard drive can be partitioned into several partitions and are labled starting with c and the second one will be d and so on...

so I can only think that what ever he is running on the d drive is bad or missing, not knowing what it is, the only suggestion I can give at this time is to format it and reload what ever he had on it'

if we could get a bit more information on what all he has and what is on the d drive, maybe we can give you a better way to fix it

[glc]

I would assume that D is the CD drive if it says it's corrupted when he tries to load a CD. Run a lens cleaner through the drive and clean the fingerprints and crap off the CD. Try the burner, see if that works to load the CD.

[i3OSS]

OH, D: is his CDRW and both opticals dont work. its not the cd because he tried other cds. The lens cleaner will do?

[bailey]

strang that two drives will go bad at the same time ?

[i3OSS]

what do you mean by strang?

[glc]

If both opticals are on the same IDE channel, time to check the cables - and device manager for controller problems.

I'm a bit hesitant to use a lens cleaner in a burner, it's last resort, too easy to knock the laser out of alignment. Standard CD readers seem to be more tolerant to use of these things.

[i3OSS]

yea, i guess that too. maybe the cable is starting to die or the ide slot is loose or something. but i really doubt and dont recommend him opening up his case.