HD says no data on DVD...Sometimes?

[Codeseven]

I have a late 2008 MBP OSX 10.5.8, 300GB 7200rpm HD.

I tried to install some new software but each time I tried I can hear my HD go into this cycle of spinning up then spinning down several times until a window appears that says 'You inserted a blank DVD, what would you like to do?'. All other CD's and DVD's I have laying around work just fine. After about giving up I popped the DVD in one last time and viola! It spun up like nothing was ever wrong and I installed the software normally. Now, a second DVD from that same company is doing the same thing!

Is this a known issue with MBP's and DVD's or should I be suspect of this well known companies DVD's? Thanks

 

[Codeseven]

Could this mean the HD is failing? Also, is my HD also the Superdrive or are those two separate things and if so, which one might be failing? Thanks?

 

[awer25]

It could be failing, but more likely (and cheaper to fix) is that the lens is just dirty. Get a CD-cleaning disc and run it before replacing the drive. I've fixed many drives this way.

 

[Codeseven]

It could be failing, but more likely (and cheaper to fix) is that the lens is just dirty. Get a CD-cleaning disc and run it before replacing the drive. I've fixed many drives this way.

Good idea, thanks.