dvd drive

I have Sony Vaio VGN-NW-23NE with windows7 Home Basic(64-bit). Few days back i got it recovered as it was crashing frequently, after that my dvd drive won't play any media though it detects that a DVD has been inserted but it shows it blank. I have tried with all type of DVDs but the result is...

Hi people! I have a problem I cannot solve. I suddenly got the "Windows cannot start due to a hardware or software change, windows/system32/config/system 0x000000f systemregisterfile missing or damaged" - message for no apparent reason (noe installations or changes lately, it just came up...

This article describes a problem with CD or DVD drives not work, or is missing, or not recognized after installing or uninstalling programs. More...

Fixes a problem in which the DVD drive on your computer is not recognized after you install Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

I insert a DVD+RW with some movie files on it into the dvd drive of my computer. A couple of seconds later the dvd drive appears in my Windows Explorer (under 64bit Win7) and the movie files can be seen in a section "Files currently on the disc". Fine so far. But the much to my surprise...

Every time I touch my laptop in the wrong place the DVD drive opens. That's annoying. But not half as annoying as the fact that, when I close the drive, Windows Media Player interrupts whatever it's doing to start whatever disk in it. I have AutoPlay in Control Panel set for "Take no action" in...

My DVD drive no longer works on my Asus N81VP-D1. If I connect my laptop hard drive to another computer and then install windows 7 to the harddrive using that computer and then put the harddrive back in my laptop, will it work?

Sorry to trouble anyone, but I'm having a bit of a problem with my DVD drives not being recognized. In a prior post, one of the fellows on this stream (Randy) solved the problem I'm having by suggesting that I edit the Upper and Lower Filters in the Registry. Unfortunatley, I've lost this...

OK so since I have installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 on this computer ( it is the first operating system installed on it) I can not write any DVDs .A strange fact is that I can write and read CDs and also read DVDs, but not every time.I got an original CD Album and it's still not recognized by...

I am trying to install windows 7 ultimate x64 on a new build, I am getting the error in thread title when it begins to install. I've scoured this forum to see what others had similar issues and tried the fixes. I tried with one stick of ram, tried re-burning the iso, i've used 3 different discs...

Hi, Randy previously answered this problem with the suggestion that I disallow Windows Updates to overwrite my DVD drivers. I did that and it worked until the next update came down. Now, it's back to square one. When I tried to re-install the DVD driver, I got the following message...

Every time Microsoft updates Windows 7 it causes new problems on what's been a relatively stable Dell XPS8000. The latest update causes my DVD / CD drive (HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH50N ATA Device) to be inaccessible! By running System Restore I've brought it back from the 'bit-bucket', but I'd really...

I have Windows 7 ultimate on my computer.I tried to make a Ms-Dos floppy disk from the menu format on my floppy drive.But when I start my computer with this floppy on my drive it went on Ms-Dos mode.Then when I typed C: for my hard disk drive or E: (ms-dos command) to change drives it didn't...

hello, new guy here. i've searched the web as well as this forum and haven't had any luck as of yet. I have an Asus K60IJ, I recently had a friend install the full version of win7 and office (laptop came w/ win7 but not full up. I am trying to re-install flight sim X, and it won't run the...

Yesterday, I made the mistake of letting my sister-in-law use my computer (the one I use for work) to burn a CD. I thought she said burn a DVD, which is something I do all the time. However, apparently she downloaded a CD ripping program called CDEX (very legitimate -- doubtful of any...

My DVD drive suddenly stopped reading Movie DVDs. If I load data CD and data DVD it reads successfully. But when I load redbox or netflix dvd it does not read atall. I tried changing the registry entries as described in this forum but no effect. I am stuck. Tried re-installing the device...

Hey guys...newbie posting out of total desperation and needing help! I have posted in other forums with no luck... I bought a Samsung SH-D162D DVD Drive in a USB enclosure to connect to my Toshiba laptop via USB. I cannot get windows 7 to find it! When I plug in the USB cable the balloon...

Hello all! My first computer build and I am having problems (go figure huh). here is what I got: Asus M4A88TD-M-usb3 sata 6Gbs AMD PhenomII X4 965 black 3.4GHZ Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus cpu cooler Lite-on 24x sata dvd drive Ultra LS 650 pwr supply WD Caviar 320...

[SOLVED] DVD+/-R/CD+/-R will not read or write Hey guys, So I built a Windows machine recently (~8 months ago). It has Windows 7 32 bit Professional Installed on it. Twice now I have had the DVD device die. The first time it was a Sony, no a Lite-On iHAS242. The first time I thought oh...

Hello, I just noticed three weeks ago (I think, or could be earlier), windows could not detect any dvd i put in my dvd drive. Well, the Dvd Drive itself could not be detected in Device Manager but in BIOS the dvd drive is detected, I could choose the Dvd Drive as first in boot sequence. I am...