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Windows 7 Complicated DVD-reader problem
So. I've got a LG GSA-4166B, and I was gonna install Battlefield: Bad Company2, but it did not find the disc (neither on my or my dads PC, and both got this DVD-reader/writer so I went into device manager and uninstalled the driver cause I was gonna install the new one I found by googling...- NumberOne
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- battlefield bad company 2 cd drive device manager disk recognition driver issues driver update dvd reader gaming hardware issues installation issues lg gsa-4166b local disk missing drivers pc freezing shutdown issues system restore troubleshooting windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Cannot open/install sims 3
Right yesterday i bought this game & since then i have been trying to solve this problem, i got home put the game into my laptop (2 week old dell inspiron with windows 7) & the usual window didn't pop up like it has with all of the other disks i have put in my laptop (including other dvd's). I...- iloveyrmum
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- dell disk recognition dvd drive game issues gaming installation sims 3 software troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Troubleshooting CD Drive Issues: Games Not Recognized on Acer Aspire X3812
Hi there, Not too sure if this is in the right section but i am not too sure where else to put it. Computer specs: Acer Aspire X3812 Windows 7 Home Premium Intel Core2 Duo CPU E7500@2.93Ghz 2.00GB Ram Basically, I have installed various games on this desktop computer since i bought it and...- Jimprescott
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- acer aspire cd issues core 2 duo desktop disk recognition e drive games gaming gta iv hardware installation my computer ram software support system specs troubleshooting user query windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Disc Issue
Hello, I'm having trouble with my Windows 7 disc not being recognized by my CD/DVD drive. Other discs work fine in this drive, and the Windows 7 disc works fine on other computers. I obviously didn't install it onto the other computers, but just checked to make sure the automatic prompt started...- JBoo
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- disk issues disk recognition dvd drive hardware installation media compatibility microsoft support setup prompt troubleshooting windows 7
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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...- Darrencross
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- autoplay cd drive cds disk recognition image files media player toshiba troubleshooting vcd windows 7
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Windows 7 Sata HDD Recognised in Bios but not showing up in in device manager ect
Hey guys ^_^ this is my first post here. I was wondering if you could help me out. I just installed a new HDD (Samsung 1.5TB Silencer Series 32M) today, when i was running windows 7 RC1 64bit just plugged it in and worked fine, formated it with device manager and the works. So, I coppied my...- nazstyle
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- bios device manager disk recognition graphics card hdd installation intel i7 msi sata storage troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Windows 7 upgrade/Virtual Memory Service can't start
I am trying to upgrade my son's laptop from Vista to Windows 7. My son's computer is a Toshiba Qosmio and I ran the Toshiba Upgrade Tool with no problems. The problem I have now is that the virtual memory service is not starting so when I start the install of windows 7, I get the error "windows...- scotsaye
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- configuration disk management disk recognition hardware upgrade installation issues laptop issues memory management os upgrade service error software installation tech support toshiba troubleshooting upgrade upgrade tool virtual memory windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Virtualization
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Windows 7 Blank Dual Layer Discs Not Recognized After Windows 7 Upgrade from Vista
i'm using windows 7 ultimate upgraded from vista home basic, i am able to read dual layer disks which have content on them,but when i insert a blank dual layer disk,it is not being recognised.i had no issues reading from vista,problem started immediately following installation of windows 7...- shravan
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- blank disc compatibility disk recognition dual layer reading problems storage troubleshooting upgrade windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Second Internal Hard Drive won't show up on wake up
The topic should pretty much explain the problem I'm having. When I turn on/restart the computer, the desktop itself has two hard drives in it (250GB and 1TB, 1TB is not the one the OS is on) When I put the computer to sleep, and then wake it up, the 1TB is not active, and to access it I have...- EbbFlowe
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- bios settings data recovery disk recognition external storage hard drive power management restart sleep mode storage system update troubleshooting ultimate wake up windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Hard drives - why is W7 only seeing 2 out of 3??
I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit edition RTM and it boots fine, works great, etc. The system is a dual 3.4ghz Xeon socket 604 on a TYAN motherboard. The only real issue so far is with drives. I have a 1.5 terabyte SATA drive and 2 IDE 160gb drives. I have 32bit XP sp3 on the 1.5 tb...- sawbones
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- 64-bit boot issues compatibility disk recognition dual boot hard drive ide sata storage windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- Chaos-Energy
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- cds compatibility disc disk recognition drivers dual layer dvd burning dvd drive ejecting disc games hardware installation media optical drive read errors system issues tech support troubleshooting windows 7 windows installation
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Issues with flash drives
I have 3 flash drives which have served me well for a while now. Since I upgraded Windows 7 from build 7000 to 7100, none of them will work. I plug them in, the drivers install and the little sound plays to let me know the system recognizes them, but none of them show up in my computer. Theres...- SpitfireSMS
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- compatibility device manager disk recognition drivers flash drive storage issues troubleshooting upgrade usb windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Troubleshooting IDE DVD Drive Issues After Windows 7 Installation
Ok, i have finally got Windows 7 to install. I love it! Anyway, it would not install if i were to put it in my older IDE DVD drive. I installed it via my other SATA DVD drive which went as it should've. After installing Windows 7, i hooked my IDE drive back up and Windows will detect it but...- M4niAc
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- disk recognition dvd drive hardware issues ide installation sata solutions windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 LG DVD Drive not reading disks
ok heres the thing, I recently ungraded my version of Windows 7, everything installed fine, and working great. I just recently wanted to install some drivers for my printer, so I put my disk in and my DVD drive does not recongnise it I checked my computer and I do not see a dvd, cd drive, so I...- pope
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- cd boot disk recognition driver issues dvd drive ide cable lg drive pc restart software installation troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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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- thepoppasmurf
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- beta blank disc burning issues compatibility disk recognition dvd burning error optical drive sony windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 3.5" Floppy Drive anyone???
My 3.5 Floppy, that worked on a couple of Linux versions and on Windows XP, will not work in Windows 7. Windows Explorer recognizes the drive, but doesn't recognize a disc when a known good disc is inserted. Does anyone know if 3.5 Floppy support been eliminated from Windows 7? :confused...- john3347
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- compatibility disk recognition file explorer floppy drive internal drive legacy hardware linux storage devices windows 7 windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 USB disk detected but not mounted...
Hi there, My problem is quite simple to explain. I have an external HDD (100 Gb size) using an USB interface. When I connect it to my laptop (Sony Vaio CR) with W7, it is somehow detected by the system... it appears in the "Safely remove hardware" application, it does appear under disk drives in...- neousr
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- ata device manager disk management disk recognition external drive mounting sata sony vaio usb windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 How to view all hard disks ???
Hi I'm dual booting vista (D drive) and windows 7 (C drive), with each installed on their own hard disk, however in windows 7 I can only view the hard disk with windows 7 installed! Hence I cant access my music installed on the D drive (along with the vista installation) because it is not...- james76
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- device manager disk recognition dual boot file access hard drive music files storage issues windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Vista won't recognise new USB flash drive as a disk.
Hi. I just bought a new 8GB Transcend USB Flash drive. After opening the packet I went ahead and formatted it because I was told formatting would erase any spyware on the drive. Why I did that is not the issue. After formatting it, the computer recognised the drive is plugged into the USB...- Floaty
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- capacity issue computer help device manager disk recognition flash drive formatting storage issues transcend usb windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Hardware