Disc not Booting.

[r-w-spry]

I am new to Pro tools and when i put in the Pro Tools LE 7 installation disc for my MBOX2 my disc drive dosnt see it. At all. i have tried booting the disc on my lap top with a good outcome so it must be my drive right. The only thing is it can run any other disc you put in it. I recently in stalled Pro Tools M-Powered Demo and i don't know if that messed stuff up. Im running Windows Xp home edition. I dont usually post because i find people with similar problems but this seems to be one that no one talks about. I appreciate any help.

[albee1952]

First thing to do is uninstall the M-powered demo(just in case). What happens if you pop in the disk and go to MyComputer, right-click on the CD drive letter and select RUN or OPEN or EXPLORE?

[spkguitar]

Isn't the 7.4 install disc a DVD? Are you sure you are loading it into a DVD drive? (Could definitely explain why it works in your laptop, but not your desktop )

[r-w-spry]

It acts like a normal drive that is empty. when you open it or explore or anything else its just empty.

I uninstalled it but it is still unable to read the disc.

I do have a dvd drive but its a DVD-RW. does the rewritable part mess with the disc?

I also in a flury of excitement put in the ilock usb before the disc. Does that have anything to do with my problem?

[spkguitar]

Originally Posted by r-w-spry

I do have a dvd drive but its a DVD-RW. does the rewritable part mess with the disc?

No, but you may need to check/update the firmware for that drive for it to be able to read that disk. (I've had that problem with an older PT disk). Check the manufacturer's website for any updates.

Originally Posted by r-w-spry

I also in a flury of excitement put in the ilock usb before the disc. Does that have anything to do with my problem?

Nope.

But try to slow down a little.

[r-w-spry]

well i turns out it was my drive. so i called digidesign and i was eligible for a free upgrade to 7.4 so everything worked out. thanks for the help tho.