dvd drive

Hey guys I know there are probably some other threads with this same problem i got but i was unable to find any useful answer in them so therefore i ask again. I have been running Windows 7 for i think 1 week now and since yesterday i cant install ANYTHING on my computer, it dosent matter if i...

Hi i installed win7 ok. But whenever i boot up and the win disk isnt in the dvd drive i get a Missing bootmgr message and told to restart. If the disk is in, it boots ok. Any thoughts

ive been trying to install w7 upgrade w/ a disc i bought and downloaded from microsoft.for one thing it takes forever to get to the install screen then after the agreement screen i get an error that says i need to install drivers for cd dvd drive .the drive is a hp dvd 1140i it came w/ a nero...

I installed windows 7 Ultimate (a clean install) onto an older Dell XPS computer running Winsdows xp sp3. The problem I am having is that I cannot access my cd or my dvd drive. The cd and dvd drives show up in device manager and says there are not conflicts and all is working properly. The...

I have an IDE DVD multi reader/burner (Pioneer DVR-118L) that is showing up in the bios fine I think (I can select it as the first boot drice - it's listed with brand name and everything in the bios) However it doesn't appear in Device Manager or Disk Manager or anything in Windows 7. I have...

After loading Windows 7, my DVD driver no longer works. In the device manager the device status says "the software for this device has been blocked from starting because it is known to have a problem with Windows. Code 48" I have an Acer Aspire The DVD drive came with the computer - it is a...

Error Code 48 The software for this device has been blocked from starting because it is known to have problems with Windows (Code 48). Is the message i get for my dvd drive (lg dvd rewrite, GH22 ATA) windows 7 is rubbish it has stoped my dvd rewrite from working befor which was a lite-on dvd...

I have now tried about ten times to upgrade my 64bit Vista Ultimate to Win 7 64bit ultimate (retail version) without success. I get the error message every time at 86%. I have played with my RAM, went into msconfig and unchecked everything but Microsoft files, I have removed AVG free, removed...

Hi, my attempt to install windows 7 today ended in :mad:!!!! When I boot from the DVD, choose the Language and press "Install" I get an Error message stating "A DVD/CD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver CD/Floppy please insert it now..." I have an Asus M4A79 Deluxe Motherboard...

So I was one of the lucky ones to download windows 7 64 bit pro student upgrade only to have it not install upgrading from 32 bit xp. I read about how you can create a bootable USB or DVD from the files. After doing this i created my windows 7 ISO and made my bootable USB stick. So everything...

hi i installed windows 7 on my pc on a seperate sata drive now i can boot vista/xp/windows 7 ,great! only problem is i have a ide controler because there was only one ide port so i had to buy a 4 way controler that my lightscribe dvd is conected to,,only problem is it does not see the dvd...

im trying to do a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium x86 (final RTM version) on my dad's mini-ITX build but i am getting an error message that says "DVD device driver is missing" please install driver yadda yadda. but where in the world do i get a DVD driver? its booting off the DVD drive...

After installing windows 7 i have noticed the following, my dvd drive wont show unless i have a disk in. Is it normal, or do i need to do something to fix things. I have provided two screenshots to show what i am on about.

Good time of the day for everybody!:-) Here is my problem: I've got PIO mode for my DVD-drive. Even when I try to change it by checking "Enable DMA" in Device Manager - nothing happens, still in the PIO 4 mode. OS: Windows 7 x64 7100 Motherboard: ASUS M2R32-MVP CD\DVD-drive: ASUS...

I downloaded Windows 7 Pro 64-bit through the MSDNAA site and burned it to a disk. It seems to freeze although I'm not sure cause I only waited for a few mins since I had to leave. It freezes right after the "Starting Windows" screen, there's an arrow which is very not frozen and a perdy blue...

Ok this is a strange one. I have two notebooks both with slimtype dvd burners in them. The first notebook is an old advent 7113 and the second is a brand new samsung r519. I have been running the RC of 7 on the old one for a couple of months and just after i had installed it the drive packed...

Hey everybody Ive got a problem with Windows 7 ultimate, the problem is that when i try to access my DVD Drive for whatever reason the window will freeze. I know the problem isnt in the Hardware and i am dual-booting Windows XP and 7 and i can access my dvds on XP but not Windows 7. Also my...

So i couldn't load Windows 7 from my LG Supermulti, so i used the clever USB trick to install it, the problem is that even when im in the Windows 7 OS it's still not recognized. I would assume that the problem would be the DVD Drive itself, but i am also running Windows XP and the drive works...

So, long story short, i got Windows 7 installed by using the clever USB trick. Unfortunately for me though, the DVD drive still fails to work in Windows 7.Not only this but when i load a disc in the tray and try and "Explore" the drive my explorer.exe stops responding and my entire computer must...

I've looked on the forums but can't seem to find an answer to this. I finally got Windows 7 installed (took forever, thought it wasn't working, but left it for an afternoon and it eventually finished installing), but now I can't boot with my DVD burner connected. I just get the "Starting...