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Could a faulty optical drive cause system freezing?
Hey there, my full blown error thread can be found here (if you scroll down you will se my more recent updates), but at the moment, I am stuck trying to figure out whether or not an optical drive messing up could have some serious performance repercussions.
This is because my computer is freezing pedantically and I took Windows' advice and assumed it was my HDD which was corrupt.
I bought a new one, installed it and everything seems all right at the moment, the only problem is is that I am on a fresh install of windows and my optical drive is being temperamental - sometimes working, other times not even realising it has a disc in it. When it does realise it has a disc in it, the applications (such as driver installers) crash mid-way through their process - my computer locks up and begins to freeze again, but this time, I can just eject the disk and everything sorts itself out almost straight away.
I am super frustrated because it also doesn't recognise any USBs so I cant get any drivers on there since my internet connection is a wireless adapter and my optical drive is, as mentioned, screwed.
What do you guys think?