dcyphure Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 just before i installed vista on this pc, i installed x3, a starforceprotected game and the first/last starforce game that my newer Plextor dvddrive experienced. since then i've done a complete format and installed vista.i have not installed any starforce crap in vista btw, first i noticed severalof my games an error message informing me to please insert the orginal cd(all legit and worked fine with this drive before) pretty much all my gameswith cd checks or copy protection do this under vista. however if i use anocd cracks they work fine.then i noticed i cannot burn anythingi tried to burn a linux distro to cd, vista tries to format it and latersays it cant.so i install 3rd party apps that work in vista...none can burn to it, someruin them with disc being blank after attempted burn yet no freespacevirtual drive 11 couldnt burn the linux data to it neither, said for me toplease insert a blank disc despite there being one in.i tried a different brand cd...same resultsi tried a dvd +r...same resultsfinally i tried update firmware...nope, same problemits a plextor 755sa btwi've heard starforce can damage some drives, but cannot know if its vista orif my drive is no longer able to work properly.....it does install gamesfine, i can read files from it fine, it can play dvd movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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