The the alignment on the drives<br>does go out, albeit uncommonly.<br>Given the cost, just replacing the<br>unit does make most sense. It's <br>not worth the hassles to keep them<br>around, and that can include losing
<br>inter unit operability. Things made<br>on the misaligned drive will play on<br>it, but the overall consequences are<br>clear.<br><br> -Bob<br><br><br><p><DEFANGED_div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 6, 2007 7:41 AM, Ben Rousch <
<a href="mailto:brousch@gmail.com">brousch@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I have run into similar problems in the last couple of years, and my friend actually had the same problem last week. Usually the disk images are OK, and swapping out the CD-ROM on the computer fixes the problem. I don't know whether to blame the drive manufacturers, the CDR manufacturers, or something in the Linux distros, but it is an annoying situation. So my advice is, try one of your already burned CDs, but use a different CD drive.
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">I'm not trying to create rookie spam here, but I
couldn't see any way to filter this email to the appropriate
parties. I could really use some help. I have tried to download and
burn iso images at least a half dozen times for a few distros of Linux.
No matter what I do, I can't get any of them to boot. I have tried some
user forums and followed all kinds of advice to no avail. I have tried
different disk burning programs, different speeds, bit torrent downloads, and
the list goes on. Does anyone have a clean copy of a current release for
a user-friendly Linux distribution that is easily understood by newbies.
Or, does anyone have a "silver bullet" for getting a clean iso
image disk for installation. I'm sick of Windows and want to change,
but currently frustrated by obtaining Linux. Please help.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Regards,</font></p>
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<p><b><i><font face="Garamond" size="3">Cam</font></i></b></p>
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