Disk Drive Not Working!! HELP!!

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Disk Drive Not Working!! HELP!!

Help! My disk drive on my Mac Book (2008 I think) isn't working. When I put in a DVD, a CD, or even a blank disk, it makes a pretty bad crunching sound, sometimes the disk stays in and it sounds like the disk is spinning or the drive is trying to work, and sometimes it spits the disk back out. I got a USB SuperDrive, and it says that my computer isn't compatible with it. I am running on OS X 10.10.3, with a 2 GHz intel core 2 duo, with 4 giga bytes of memory. What do I do?

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jun 4, 2015 3:13 PM

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Answer 1

SeaPapp

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Jun 4, 2015 7:24 PM in response to Dsh Maui

Your internal optical drive has failed. You can have it replaced or replace it yourself, but it isn't easy. Apple's USB SuperDrive isn't compatible, as you've found out, with a Mac that has an internal drive, wether or not that internal drive works. Return the Apple drive for a refund and use the money to purchase a third party USB drive. Just about any will work, I've read good reports about LG drives.

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Dsh Maui Author

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Jun 4, 2015 10:46 PM in response to SeaPapp

Thank you. I will deffinetly buy a LG external optical drive

I wonder why apple would make the drives like that... To make more money cause people have to repair their internal?

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SeaPapp

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Jun 5, 2015 4:35 AM in response to Dsh Maui

No one knows why Apple does the things they do sometimes. The USB SuperDrive was made specifically for the new macs that don't have built in drives.. In my opinion Apple doesn't do a good job of making it known that it won't work with older macs.

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Answer 4

OGELTHORPE

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Jun 5, 2015 4:57 AM in response to Dsh Maui

You actually can get the Apple external Superdrive to work with your Macbook:

http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/2011/10/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-w ith-any-mac/

Ciao.

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