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Why after upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 does my cd rom says all my disks are blank?

No matter what cd I put in the drive, they all say blank disk. I KNOW this is not the case, but how can I get the drive to recognize it? I updated from a previous version of Ubuntu.

In Hardware - Asked by Karina - 2 years ago
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    May be the cdrom laser dirty and creates the problem. Try using a CD Cleaner cd to clean it. Have u tried with Command line as: cdrecord
    or by K3B !!
    Answered by Rechil Colin
    2 years ago     		0 0

  • as Rechil stated it might be a bit of dust
    but what did you upgrade from and why 10.04 ?
    Ubuntu 11.04 is the current .

    If i had to guess i would say you have a busted upgrade . What is called a "Frankensteined " install .A mix of to different versions of the Operating System .
    If that is the problem A 100% clean new install is the best fix
    also i would recommend installing 11.04 unless there is a MANDATORY need for the older 10
    Answered by JohnVV
    2 years ago     		0 0
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