CdRom0 has a bad block


  1. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
       #1

    CdRom0 has a bad block


    I have a problem with my DVD-RW. Whenever I try to install games in my computer, the installation process stops randomly and a message will pop out, showing a cyclic redundancy check error. When I checked it in the Event Viewer, the log says "The device, \Device\CdRom0, has a bad block." The only way to install the games was ejecting the CD/DVD when the error pops out then reinserting it again and the installation would continue its progress. I'm pretty sure it's not a faulty CD/DVD because it happens in almost all of the games that I'm attempting to install, so I guess this has something to do with the DVD-RW. I'm thinking that the DVD-RW is defective, but I've been using it for only a month so maybe that's not really the case.

    Help!
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  2. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #2

    Did you have this problem with the old DVD?
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  3. Posts : 967
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #3

    Go to the manufacturers web site and see if there is a firmware update for it.
    If it's a common problem with that drive they may have a fix for it. Check their
    forums (if they have them) as well.
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  4. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    @theog: what exactly do you mean by old DVD? If you're referring to an old DVD-RW that I use then no. I haven't used any DVD-RW except for this because my whole system is just as new as the DVD.

    @rvbfan: OK, I'll check that out.
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  5. Posts : 3,187
    Main - Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-Bit; 2nd - Windows Server 2008 R2
       #5

    Many games intentionally put a bad block on the disc to thwart copying. My fave game of all time (AOE2) is like that. If other discs work OK then I doubt it's the drive.

    Not sure how to turn the error message off, though...
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  6. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    ^
    I'm quite sure it's the drive, 'cause it happens to me in any DVD game that I install. It never happens in CD games, but when I play those games it often crashes and the Event Viewer says its a bad block as well.



    EDIT: I already updated the firmware, but the same thing still happens.
    Last edited by lynyrd47; 07 Jan 2011 at 03:28.
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  7. Posts : 3,187
    Main - Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-Bit; 2nd - Windows Server 2008 R2
       #7

    You might have got a bum drive. Maybe the head is out of alignment or something. That's just a guess, though.

    What I was talking about with the intentional bad block looks like this:
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails CdRom0 has a bad block-aoe2-disc-contents.jpg  
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  8. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    So I guess the only way to fix this is to replace the DVD-RW?

    I still have a 1 year warranty, I hope they would replace this.
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