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Need help with DVD., Some DVD drives dont run on my PC.
sahyd2don
post Sep 1 2008, 03:59 AM
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Hi i have a two drives connected to my computer.One is DVD and the other is Cd drive.
My DVD drive gives problems some time.Last time it gave me problem was when i tried to
run TIN TIN cartoons DVD on my PC.It never worked on my PC.When i double clicked the
drive icon it showed that it was empty.Then one more time when i wanted to check the softwares
given by PC Magazine it gave the same error.Please tell me how to make all the DVD'd work
on my PC.
Thanks in advance
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Philip Kingsley
post Sep 1 2008, 04:32 AM
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if u see a lot of scratches on the dvd then sorry... u cant make them work. trying more will harm ur dvd drive
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sahyd2don
post Sep 1 2008, 10:38 PM
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QUOTE (Philip Kingsley @ Sep 1 2008, 04:02 PM) *
if u see a lot of scratches on the dvd then sorry... u cant make them work. trying more will harm ur dvd drive

No the DVD's were new.I bought TIN-TIN cartoons cd's.They were new and had no scraches on them but still they were not getting read by my DVD drive.I got a DVD with some IT book i wanted to check the softwares i got with it.I tried to open it but it was not getting accessed by my DVD drive.But then again when i wanted to watch my cousins wedding movie it worked and i could even make copies of those DVD.please help me i am not able to understand why some DVD's are not working on my system.
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Philip Kingsley
post Sep 2 2008, 01:27 AM
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if u have nero software in ur system then u can do this to test the quality of those dvd

start -> programs-> nero->Extras ->disc speed

and run the scandisk test on the dvd... if u see a lot of damage sectors then the dvd disk is faulty
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sahyd2don
post Sep 20 2008, 08:17 AM
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QUOTE (sahyd2don @ Sep 1 2008, 03:29 PM) *
Hi i have a two drives connected to my computer.One is DVD and the other is Cd drive.
My DVD drive gives problems some time.Last time it gave me problem was when i tried to
run TIN TIN cartoons DVD on my PC.It never worked on my PC.When i double clicked the
drive icon it showed that it was empty.Then one more time when i wanted to check the softwares
given by PC Magazine it gave the same error.Please tell me how to make all the DVD'd work
on my PC.
Thanks in advance
Regards


I have recently noticed that the DVD'S which I burnt are not opening when i try brouse them
going through mycomputer. But when I enter the DVD in Drive its opening by autorun.Please tell
me why I am not able to brouse my DVD's through mycomputer.
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Troy
post Oct 6 2008, 08:27 PM
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Hi sahyd2don wavey.gif

Are you able to browse the particular DVDs on a different computer with no problem?

Troy
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sahyd2don
post Oct 11 2008, 11:47 PM
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QUOTE (Troy @ Oct 7 2008, 07:57 AM) *
Hi sahyd2don wavey.gif

Are you able to browse the particular DVDs on a different computer with no problem?

Troy


Yes I am able to brouse those DVDs on different computer without any problem.Today morning I have tried Uninstalling and reinstalling DVD drives drivers. I had to do that three thimes then it read the DVD which I have created using the same drive few days back.
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post Oct 12 2008, 12:09 AM
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So after uninstalling and reinstalling 3 times, you are able to read the DVDs no problems now?

Troy
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sahyd2don
post Oct 26 2008, 05:07 AM
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QUOTE (Troy @ Oct 12 2008, 11:39 AM) *
So after uninstalling and reinstalling 3 times, you are able to read the DVDs no problems now?

Troy


The problem is still there.Many times the DVD drive is not reading. some times it works but that too when its running the cd automaically not when we manually try to brouse the dvd.my dvd drive never read cd's.
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