Re: Absolutely Ridiculous

[Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/20/07, Chuck Lewis <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Has anyone else had a "bad" CD lock up there entire system to the point
> you
> have to pull the power cord ?


Not that I can recall.

TWICE today I've had this happen. I checking all the unlabeled CD's I have
> laying around - you know the "I'll label that one in a minute" ones.


I have about a hundred of these... at least... no exaggeration.

I stick one in and it reads fine. Pop it our and try another one and WHAM
> the system (XP Pro with 2G of RAM !) is locked up and it stays that way
> for
> 10-15 minutes before I pull the plug.
>
> How the HECK does MS allows a freakin' CD drive to suck up
> memory/resources
> to the point nothing works ? I've seen this on other PC's too. WHAT a
> bunch
> of crap.
>
> OK done venting now :-) But I still don't understand how this can happen.