CD <> DVD
I've had several DVD drives in my day that read CDs no problem, but fail to
read certain DVDs. Try the DVD in another drive if you can, make sure it's
not the FSX disc.
UDF is just a disc format I believe. it's not really a software. If your
computer can't read the FSX DVD, but it can read other DVDs then it still
sounds like the DVD drive isn't working correctly.You maybe right though it
could be your system is incorrectly enterupting the UDF disc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Disk_Format
Good luck,
A.
"Steven" <Steven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:84D9C81D-2786-4B2D-A8D3-4DC2E6A895DB@microsoft.com...
> The drive and disk are working. I've tested CD in the drive and they read,
> I
> have a couple of legal copies of FS X so I tried different combination of
> these DVD and nothing gets better. I'm convinced it's the UDF stuff that
> gone
> crazy, I will try calling HP, that;s a good idea. Thanks Andy. Still
> working
> on the problem.
>
> "Andy" wrote:
>
>> Were you able to try the DVD in another Computer, or at least on another
>> DVD
>> drive?
>>
>> Sounds like a hardware failure from the way you describe it. If you have
>> System Restore running you could try rolling back your system til before
>> all
>> these problems started occuring. If it's a software problem then
>> something
>> you installed on your computer could be causing your dvd drive to fail
>> reading.
>>
>> Might call HP, since it's a new computer you're probably covered under a
>> hardware warranty. If you bought your system from a local brick and
>> mortar
>> store you might take the system back and have them test it for you. Keep
>> in
>> mind if it's a software issue you might have to pay for a fix unless the
>> system is really new, then see if you can get an exchange (computer
>> warraties don't cover software problems, only hardware).
>>
>> Hope that helps...
>> -a.
>>
>> "Steven" <Steven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F8378193-42DF-42E8-A477-27372C1DD130@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a new HP 2.8 Ghz machine with 2 GB RAM and new %12 MB ATI graphic
>> > card. I upgraded the puter from native XP to Vista Home Premium. With a
>> > little help from MS tech support, I got it working.
>> >
>> > I then bought and loaded FS X and got it working for awhile. I'm a big
>> > FS
>> > user, so I imported all my FS9 a/c at one point, and screwed up FSX so
>> > I
>> > decided to unistall it which I did succesfully. On the re-install, the
>> > disk
>> > failed to read certain files from the second DVD and the install
>> > aborted
>> > and
>> > crashed. Since then, I can't get the FSx DVD to be read. I got a UDF
>> > file
>> > error, and "insert a new disk" error each time so I researched on here
>> > an
>> > found the UDFS file problem suggestions. I did not install any DVD
>> > writting
>> > software on my machine, but I unstalled all applications except FS9 in
>> > case,
>> > and still I can't get my puter to read the FS X install disk to
>> > re-install
>> > FSX. It just keeps spinning, with a blinking light in the DVD bay, and
>> > eventually, Explorer crashes. I noticed I can't even boot my Vista
>> > upgrade
>> > DVD anymore from the drive to try and repair Vista. I think I have UDF
>> > reading problem. Does nayone know how to force Vista back to default
>> > UDF
>> > reading of DVD so I can re-install my FS x?
>>