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Leo Maestri

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I don't know what's going on at all. So this may not even be a disk drive problem. But it sure sounds like it.

Just like 90% of the time someone has a problem! I just put this thing together. I'm trying to install windows, but it's not working. It gets to start the installation, then one of like 3 things happens.

The screen goes blue, says I just installed new hardware, gives me and error code and tells me to restart. I don't know how to fix this problem, it's directions are half-assed.

Or

The disk drive starts eating itself. It is always loud, but it sounds like it fell inside the case(I'm sure it didn't, though, it's open and I can see it) and that it's demolishing everything inside. Like seriously destroying itself xD
I took out the disk and it has no damage. At all. So it wasn't damaging that, but there is obviously something going on there.

Or

It just restarts and forgets it was installing anything to begin with.

I am willing to switch out the disk drive completely, but I have no idea how. The body was an HP Invent, and it doesn't look like the disk drive is meant to come out, and I can't find out how anywhere.

The error is 0x0000008E an then there is a parenthesis and several other error codes

 
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I've ran across a few drives that were horribly loud and broken sounding no matter the disc inserted. There's no cure for that except to replace the drive.

On the other hand, depending on what you're actually trying to install, there may be other work-arounds possible.

Provided you have a functioning computer and you're just trying to install software, if you had another computer available to you which could read the disc, you could always make an image of the disc and then transfer that image via network to the computer with the problem drive, then mounting it in a virtual disc drive.

Another idea would be to make a duplicate of the disc on another computer, if you think the disc itself is out of balance.

Perhaps somebody you know...
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bigpinkdragon286

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Are you referring to the optical disc drive? Perhaps, with that much noise from the drive, there's a fair amount of vibration taking place as well. I would verify that the drive is mounted securely and that the power and data cables are not loose.

Are there any labels on the disc you are installing from that may throw the disc out of balance?
 
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Leo Maestri

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Nothing on the disk, no. It's just an install disk. I tried reseating it to the best of ability. It's still loud. It can be quiet. But when it's being used, it screams.


 
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The only time I've heard lots of noise from an OPTICAL drive (DVD's, CD's) was when:

a) I had a disc that was oddly too large (manufacturing defect)

b) The drive was SIDEWAYS and caused too much disc wobble

c) There were TWO DISCS inside (oops).

If you want more help, please give some basic info:

1) Is the Windows DVD an official disc?

2) What version of Windows? (i.e. Windows 7 64-bit)

3) Other hardware info if possible (CPU, Motherboard, Power Supply, DDR2/3 memory modules)

Other:
It's also a good idea to test your DDR2/3 memory modules by booting to MEMTEST via a USB stick or DISC. www.memtest.org

You can make a Memtest CD/DVD (use Imgburn ) on another PC then not only test your main memory but also see if the disc boots without grinding/noise issues.
 
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bigpinkdragon286

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I've ran across a few drives that were horribly loud and broken sounding no matter the disc inserted. There's no cure for that except to replace the drive.

On the other hand, depending on what you're actually trying to install, there may be other work-arounds possible.

Provided you have a functioning computer and you're just trying to install software, if you had another computer available to you which could read the disc, you could always make an image of the disc and then transfer that image via network to the computer with the problem drive, then mounting it in a virtual disc drive.

Another idea would be to make a duplicate of the disc on another computer, if you think the disc itself is out of balance.

Perhaps somebody you know has an external USB based drive you could borrow for the duration of your install?

If you're trying to install Windows, you may be able to create a bootable USB memory stick to use instead of your disc.

Of course, all of these solutions rely on access to a secondary machine or more hardware.
 
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