Would you good folks tell me (1)What OEM drive is inside, and (2)at what point when you are pushing the disc in does the "grabbing" begins?
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I believe it is a very nice Panasonic drive inside, and while I haven't used it much, when I have it has been very satisfactory. Smooth, disc goes in and ejects naturally and it is quiet. I keep it in my laptop travel bag for use with my thin and light Lenovo 440s ThinkPad that has no built in optical disk player (to keep it slim and light). My family watched Blu-ray and DVD movies for a week while on a lake house vacation using this player, my laptop and a HD projector with a big screen and a Bluetooth Bose speaker -- they loved it and never had any problem.
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try to unload and and then reload. also you can try to ...first try and start at hard drive . this is all working on fact that your os is compat with the game. other than that check for fingerprint and scratches possible you got a bum disc.
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Guess my question back is; if your drive is happily doing its CD & DVD thing, why would you want to go to the trouble of updating the firmware? Good words to live by are "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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Thanks Matt! Let me know if you get WoO to play. Would adding a flash drive have any benefit??? I too contacted Sony and got transferred 3 times - never getting any help from anyone I talked to.
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hmmm good question...mine just keeps pluggin along. Since I got this used from some one who clearly could not get it going with the cryptic instructions...I got it for steal (price of the drives).
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I have a had a similar "No Disc" error and the unit is not even a month old. Any help on this will be appreciated.
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also make sure there is no finger prints or dirt on the disc before reinstalling it what os do u have
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Most reviewers (myself included) state that they received both the disk and the COA (has the activation key on it). And yes, this can and will do a clean install. Be sure you have your data backed up. "Looking for your product key? The product key is a 25-digit string with a hyphen between each 5 digits. It will say "Product Key" before 25 digits or have an image of a key next to 10 digits with the remaining 15 on the next line below. The Product Key is generally located in the lower left corner of the DVD case, on the disc itself, or on a leaflet in the packaging you received."
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Really? Mine came with no disc and I bought a 64 gig. Check out the manual.
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Go to the OCZ website and download it. It's free whether or not you own their drive.I agree that it's always better to rebuild the system on a new drive if you know how to do that.
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The disk has the drivers in it. The disk comes in the packaging when you receive the cable. The disk is small, its not the regular size disk. When I received my cable the disk was in between the carboard insert. I loaded it and it worked perfectly. I hope this help.
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My disks came intact, I purchased 2. amazon has a policy to guarantee your satisfaction. To avoid piracy issues, I recommend contacting them and having a new disk sent to you.
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is there a disc attached to your stick? Some have it attached, some have it as a piece to add on, but it should come with your package. Is there a "bottom" to your container with a place to insert the stick? Then that would be the "push" part
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Jeff, who was the dealer you bought this computer from? I bought my piece of crap from CravingSavings. I called him and he told me I need a new hard drive. I had no way of getting the computer back to him so he sent me a new hard drive, which I had to install myself! Since thenm, I have had nothing but problems, it wasn't just the hard drive. There is so much garbage on the computer itself which was never cleaned off. Recently I had to call someone to fix it, because it froze on me and would not work at all. I wish I had the knowledge to help you with your problem....all I have to suggest is you contact the seller! Good luck I hope this helps!
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It is a marketing thing. They all show the internals to the disk. When you get a new one it is sealed.
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Not an answer, but a followup... I bought one of these last week on 26 September 2014 - the description clearly states 5 year warranty. The invoice from goHardDrive.com stated 1 year. When I put my serial number into the warranty checker at hgst.com it said: "NOT VALID FOR WARRANTY Verify warranty status &gt; Ineligible for RMA creation Please return drive to the point of purchase or system manufacturer." So it's apparently an OEM drive, not a retail drive. So far goHardDrive.com haven't replied to my eMail to them. And an hour later they just have responded, with a revised invoice that states on it "5 years Warranty" with my drive's serial number noted. So I guess it's not an HGST warranty, but I'm happy now.
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You have to follow a process of finalizing the disc first. It isn't difficult. I would imagine most will have the same process.