Hard Drive:Possibly because your filesystem is broken or corrupt. TO FIX: MUST HAVE WINDOWS INSTALL DISK/RESTORE, THEN REINSTALL, MUST HAVE ACTIVATION KEY FOR REINSTALL! CD/DVD DRIVE: WORN OUT DISC, BROKEN CD/DVD PLAYER, CORRUPT/BROKEN OR NO FILESYSTEM, NO FILESYSTEM AS IN YOU NEED TO FORMAT THE DISC OR REPLACE YOUR CD/DVD DRIVE OR REPLUG IDE PLUG. FLOPPY DISK:NO FLOPPY IN DRIVE, BROKEN/DAMAGED DRIVE, CORRUPT OR UNFORMATTED DISK, UNPLUGGED IDE ON MOTHERBOARD. FIX: FORMAT FLOPPY, REPLACE FLOPPY DRIVE, PUT FLOPPY IN DRIVE. Disk read error is because your Harddisk's/CD/DVD drive/Floppy Drive is broken, corrupt, missing, unformatted or unplugged.
To get it to read UMD (don't take off the plastic casing) you have to put it in the disk compartment then it should read it and that's that If it doesn't read it you have a problem.
There is an easy way to change a floppy disk to read only. Just go into Explorer, right click on the floppy disk, and check the 'read only' box.
The difference between a drive and disk is that a drive is used to read a disk whether it be a floppy disk or a compact disk.
no
I think it means it's not rewritable.
it means it cannot read the disk. your machine could be dusty, use compressed air to clean fans. your lens could have dust on it too. this can cause it to not be able to read disk.
A disk drive is a device that computers can use to read and write information on computer disk. An example of one is the hard disk drive.
cuz u havent taught it how to read
A floppy disk DRIVE can read, erase and save information on a floppy disk. The disk can't do it by himself.
...read and write access times by defragmenting the disk.
Usually much faster
yes