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That would indicate a bad laser. Different lasers read the CD vs the DVD.
Time for a replacement drive.
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com
"davidncsu" <davidncsu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1408ECFB-0137-4E1C-80A3-5819ED4D5A30@microsoft.com...
>I have recently encountered a similar if not identical problem. Will your
> drive read CDs? Mine will... but fails on any DVD. Bad news is that I
> have
> been trying to correct it for a week without any luck.
>
> "Dahove31" wrote:
>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I have a built in DVD player in my computer. It has simply
>> stopped reading
>> >any of my DVDs. The computer say that there is no
>> disc/CD/DVD in the the
>> >drive. aAny comments or suggestions?
>> >.
>> >Make sure the power and ide cable is securely attched at
>> both ends. Check the device manager and see if the dvd
>> drive shows up. If it does delete it and reboot and see if
>> Windows finds the drive and reinstalls it. If it's not
>> there and the cables are all plugged in then the drive is
>> most likely toast. If you bur y a new drive I recomend a
>> dual layer burner.
>>
>
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