Re: Drive sees CD but not DVD

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Posted by: Eddie on July 19, 2010 at 18:18:11
In Reply to: Re: Drive sees CD but not DVD Posted by: Laverne on July 19, 2010 at 16:06:07

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New Developments:  I tried writing a blank DVD with data -- and that worked just fine. Then I took out that DVD and reinserted it into the drive; there was no problem recognizing it and the data was accessible.

Then I put a different movie-type DVD into the drive and voila! it worked.  I have about seven DVDs which are in a series that I bought.  Three of the seven cause my computer to freeze if I click on "My Computer."  And on those, the automatic option menu (which program to use to play the DVD) does NOT appear.

So one would conclude that there is something wrong with those three DVDs.  But they play just fine in my other computer and also in my DVD player.  What could the problem be?

Hi Laverne

Let me preface my response by saying that I do not have much experience with issues like this, but I would 'guess' that it's the player involved, and given that new players / burners are relatively inexpensive these days I would opt for a replacement unit.

Even if the replacement unit behaves the same with the same disks, you'll have ruled out the player being the problem (it's the only way) and you'll have a spare that you can use in the future.

Eddie
(Mr. Ed)

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