dvd drive

Hi all, I noticed that my DVD drive icon ( D ) is no longer present, in the explorer pane, when i click "my computer" The icon used to be sit between O/S hdd drive ( C ), and hdd drive ( E ) "see screenshot" Normally any files I need to write to disc would be dragged and dropped, and be ready...

I have a win 7 system that periodically fails to recognize the IDE dvd drive, I have tried other drives with same result, When it does show up in device manager I get the message, device cannot start Code 10 and other times it does not show up at all. There was a time when it worked ok and...

I recently installed Windows 7 SP1 and a whole bunch of updates. I just noticed that my laptop's DVD drive seems to have vanished! It's no longer listed under my computer and doesn't appear in device manager. Scan for hardware changes makes no difference. If I insert a disc, the motor runs and...

I have a Liteon iHaS124 (B version?) and I have kind of a bizarre problem with it. It worked well for over a year, now suddenly I have no detected drive at all. I tried flashing the FW back to stock, but it says no drive detected. It's definitely connected and powered, I can eject just fine but...

I have a netbook whose harddrive has crashed. It has no CD/DVD drive and does not supports booting from USB flash drives but does support booting from USB floppy or USB CDROM drives. The problem is that I don't have neither a USB floppy nor a USB CRROM drive. Therefore the only viable option...

My DVD disk drive is no longer working on my Sony Vaio laptop. Is any external disk drive compatible or do I need something compatible to Sony? Is it difficult to install a new internal disk drive? I'm terrible at things like that so an external is more appealing to me. The laptop really needs...

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I Installed Windows 7 On My HP G6000 Laptop. But At The End Of Installation, I Read A Message That Some Files In Windows Are Missing. I Want To Install Another Windows In It. But It Is Not Booting From Cd Rom( Means, Not Showing "Press Any Key To Continue" Which Shows Immediately After Booting...

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Hi I just ordered a new computer and it will come with Windows 8 Pro installed. I'm a pioneer whoo hoo! I was configuring my computer yesterday and it still shipped with Windows 7. Today I went back to go ever it again and they now list it as shipping with Windows 8! I ordered a new Falcon...

Describes an issue in which you receive an "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing" or "A media driver your computer needs is missing" error message when you try to install Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, or Windows Server 2012. More...

Let me start by saying. I posted here once before. During the time I posted 4 other threads had people actively trying to help people who didn't have enough respect for you guys to even read the forums and sub-forum rules. All while I, who posted proper, was left with a middle finger. I'm hoping...

Allo, My Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203A drive refuses to recognize any sort of media I put within it. I am unsure of when this problem occured (because I rarely use the drive, which begs the question of how in the world can it stop working), but I do know that nothing I have tried has helped me. I've...

Thanks, davehc. You wrote on 06-24-2011 Re: DVD drive can't read or write disks. I followed your advice, and now my DVD drives both read the contents of data disks in them. You helped me. Thanks. New member, elbertf2

I have been trying to connect an IDE internal dvd drive to my laptop running win 7,by way of a USB to ATA/IDE BRIDGE.The problem is,win 7 does not see it.In "devices and printers" the USB to ATA/IDE BRIDGE,shows up as USB to ATA/ATAPI.I was able to do this with Vista.Any ideas? Thanks.

Hello all, hoping this is the correct forum for this. History: Back in February I bought a new custom build PC. First PC I've ever owned that didn't come off the shelf at Wal Mart. Had a friend help me spec it out. Asus M5A97 Motherboard AMD FX 4100 Quad-Core Processor 3.6 GHz 8 GB Ram Radeon...

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...

Okay so, first of all I'm new to the entire world of forums, but this time I really need some help. I bought this new computer about a month ago on a website (where I've bought a lot of things before). I chose the parts and they built it for me, so to start off here are the specs! Cooler...

For some reason my dvd drive is not reading discs. It has been working before, and now it doesnt seem to read any discs i put in the drive. It also doesnt make any noise or any sign that it is in. My problem is is that the dvd drive isnt recognizing the dvd's i put. Even if if put a disc in the...