Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 05/02/14 at 03:41:05:Art, did you ever put a CD/DVD cleaner disk inside your bad optical drive to see if the reader sensor needed cleaning?
Or did the optical drive just die totally?
OF my disc drawer that you load the disc in won't even open when I try
the other day it opened all by itself, but I was afraid if I stuck the Linux disc in it it'd just eat it
sometime it starts opening and closing rythmicaly for no apparent reason, I don't know what that's all about, but I suspect it's dying
that Kindle fire look interesting, did I have wifi (might get a wireless router, the ide of laying in bed with a usable web surfing tool is tempting)
XP being continued? maybe I should turn updates back on