kittenta Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I am wondering if anyone has a clue as to what the problem might be. My dvd re-writer wouldn't read dics. The light on the front of it flashed a couple of times but thats all it did. We installed a plain cd rom instead and after a few days this did the same. Just bought a brand new dvd re-writer and it is doing exactly the same thing We have tried a different lead but no good. I have checked device manager and it has recognised it and says this device is working properly. It says we are using the latest drivers. What else could it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Just for starters , Try quiting any unnecessary software that you may have running and see if that makes any difference , Try putting an audio CD in and see if it will play it . Assuming you have an audio lead plugged into it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 what discs have you tried? if blanks or copies try an original, try a cd, try a dvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alky Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 you know what - my dvd AND cd writers are playin up as well - cant get them to recognise any blan disks! They play music cd's and dvd but blanks...... Is this a conspiracy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittenta Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 I tried it with no programs running before coming on here, no joy. I've tried a computer disc and an audio cd in it, both original, still no joy. It opens the door, closes it fine, flashes a couple of times and that's it! If i go to my computer to see what is on the disc it hasn't read it and puts up nothing Like I said it did this with my old one too, thats why i bought a new drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittenta Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 you know what - my dvd AND cd writers are playin up as well - cant get them to recognise any blan disks! They play music cd's and dvd but blanks...... Is this a conspiracy? It's a pain in the a*** edit: excuse my language, bad week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 What about booting in safe mode . OR booting from your XP cd when your pc starts ? Also have a look here , http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=963978&admit=-682735245+1164146997227+28353475 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittenta Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 What about booting in safe mode . OR booting from your XP cd when your pc starts ? and do what? According to the computer the dvd drive works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccsux Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 What about booting in safe mode . OR booting from your XP cd when your pc starts ? Or... Try booting from a Linux Live CD and see if that can pick up the CD info (at least you'll know whether it's a PC or Windoze issue). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 and do what? According to the computer the dvd drive works fine Well if it boots ok from a CD then you can pretty much assume it is not a windows related problem ! Just because windows says it's ok , Doesn't always mean that it is . I have a DVD rom that won't read anything and windows says that it's ok . Yet that thing is dead as a dodo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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