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    Windows 8 CD/DVD not recognized unless disc inserted before boot

    Greetings, I hope that this thread is acceptable in this forum. After upgrading to Windows 8 my CD/DVD unit (a Samsung - TSST corp CDDVDW Sh-S223L) will not be recognized unless a disc is inserted before boot. Then disc can be removed and new one inserted later. Any assistance appreciated. Stephen
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    Windows 7 no dvd drive

    Hi, I have a little/big problem with DVD drive :frown: ...with upgrading from Vista to Win7 the DVD drive DVD drive not being recognised.... Device manager or My computer. However when a disc is inserted into the drive, the drive then shows up. It is exact problem like was described in this...
  3. pleasantvalley

    Windows 7 Media Player 12 Won"T Recognise Ant Discs!!!!

    Please help!!!! Media Player12 is not working properly. All drivers are up to date and windows says all should be working. Have 32 bit Dell Home Premium desktop. Seems the E drive is unable to read any disc I put in. I get pop-up saying insert media. I have tried store bought CDS and DVDS and...
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    Windows 7 Dvd drive

    Hi I installed Roxio Pro creator 2010 on my win 7 pro laptop But when i put empty dvds it the laptop fails to recognise it i could not find the softwares(drivers) for my laptop as it was preloaded with vista hp pavilion dv6735ee help sought:|
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    Windows 7 W7 thinks CDs are VCDs - please help!

    Hi everyone. I'm using a new Toshiba laptop with Windows 7, and I have a problem with the CD/DVD drive that I can't seem to find an answer to anywhere. Whenever I put a CD in the drive, W7 seems to think it's a VCD and begins trying to play it with Windows Media Player. This happens with every...
  6. Chaos-Energy

    Windows 7 Windows 7 won't read DVDs

    Well the problem's fairly simple, my optical drive won't read DVDs on W7. CDs work fine (I tried Diablo 2 & Warcraft 3) but DVDs won't work. I tried one I burned myself, several games and a few dual-layer ones. Windows just doesn't see a disc in the drive and when I want to open the disc from my...
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    Windows 7 Problem with DVD Burner

    under windows 7 beta my sony DVD Burner won't recognise a blank Disc. I have looked at disc on another machine and it shows Blank disc but on windows 7 machine it shows as full. has anyone else had this problem. thanks
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