WINDOWS CANNOT READ FROM THIS DISK..please help

[Jeff]

>-----Original Message-----
>Hell man! You talking about a CD, a DVD, a Zip disk, a
>floppy disk, an optical disk, a hard disk or what.
>
>Nothin like being specific in your request for help. Do
>you expect everyone to be a f***in mind reader?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>When I insert the disk and close the drive door, it acts
>>like it is reading the disk. Then it just stops. I
>>clicked on ""START", then "RUN" and typed "d:\setup" and
>>the following error message pops up: "DISK IS NOT
>>FORMATTED. WINDOWS CANNOT READ FROM THIS DISK. THE DISK
>>MIGHT BE CORRUPTED OR IT COULD BE USING A FORMAT THAT IS
>>NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS."
>>
>>please help ... by the way i also did a full system
>>recovery on my HP XT963 as requested by HP support to no
>>avail that did not fix my problem.. i have done
>>everything posted on web that i can find on this
>>problem...registry editing, uninstall's, you name it...i
>>really hope you all can help..if you can (you will be
>the
>>only ones i know)
>>
>>sincerly, Jeff McKinney
>>
>>i am talking about a Philips 4851 cd rw on win. xp home
edition.
>>
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