Computer question.
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Topic: Computer question.
Posted By: pntbl freak
Subject: Computer question.
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 9:23pm
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So I installed Windows 7 64 bit a few weeks ago but I cant get the computer to read DVDs. I have one DVD/CD drive that will only read CDs. If I put a DVD in nothing happens. If I go into My Computer and click on the drive, it says no disk. I tried to uninstall/install the drive through device manager but that didnt fix it. Any thoughts on why it doesnt read DVDs? -------------  |
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Posted By: nickman98
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 9:35pm
| capital punishment isnt used enough. |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 9:36pm
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lol
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 10:14pm
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Go to manufacturers website and update your drivers.
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 11:16pm
Already did. Should have said that in the OP. ------------- |
mbro wrote:Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 12:42pm
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How about a firmware update?
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Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 5:12pm
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 6:15pm
Already did.
It doesnt read either. ------------- |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 6:21pm
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Maybe your drive sucks?
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Posted By: TinMan
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 6:49pm
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Same happened to me. A friend of mine who knows this better than I
walked me through finding the registry key and deleting it.
I installed a new DVD and it still wouldn't work until the old key was deleted.
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 7:13pm
Its 3-4 years old and It worked when I used it to install Windows 7. ------------- |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 7:21pm
| I'd say your drive was on the verge of collapse as it was, and the install just put it over the edge. Drives are cheap, you're in luck. |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 7:45pm
I figured I would just have to replace it but wanted to see if anyone had any other thoughts. ------------- |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 8:10pm
Reboot your machine with the install disc in and try to boot from the disc. Easy way to determine whether your drive is bad or if it is a problem in the OS. My money is on a b0rk3d drive. -------------
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Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 11 January 2010 at 12:41am
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My friend had an issue on his Vista laptop with his CD/DVD drive at one point and I found the cause to be a registry key that I think was added by a windows update or some other application. It was something about upper filters or something like that. All I had to do was remove it and the drive worked fine. I think it caused the drive to be totally unusable rather than just unable to read a certain type of media but it could very well be the same key causing your problem. A new drive would probably only cost $20-30 but you might as well see if it's just a registry issue first since that's easy and free. Make sure you backup first just in case something goes wrong. Also, HV has a good point with the boot test. Rule out broken hardware first like he said and then see if there is a registry fix.
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