My E drive is giving me problems. take a minute to read.

[Malik17]

Hey, my E Drive which is a DVD re-writer wont read DVDs at all. It reads cd roms fine. Anyone have any suggestions???

thx 4 taking sum time to read this

EDIT: ive tried the troubleshoot. it comes up with nothing. it doesnt play dvds or dvd-roms. When i try opening the files it comes up as empty

 

[iss]

In device manager uninstall the IDE channel that the DVD is on then reboot. windows will automatically reinstall the IDE channel and the drive on boot up.

 

[Malik17]

I did as you said. No change. it auto installed as u said but still the same problem reading cds but not dvds

 

[Ruder]

Reading CDs is different from reading DVDs - a damaged head may still read CDs.

Try updating the firmware .... if this do not work buy a new drive.

 

[Malik17]

id like to leave that as a VERY last result.

we tried updating. some people suggested something bout the decoder. ne1 got ne more ideas?

 

[iss]

Here is a solution that one of the members (triton) here has posted before. and it has worked for many folks.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];q314060

 

[Malik17]

does that apply to me and r u sure i wanna be messing around the registry like that =/

 

[iss]

If you are hesitant about doing things in the regestry then I would say dont do it. there is no gurantee that this would even solve your problem. you could try flashing the drive with newer firmware ( if available) if that doesnt work then you are probably looking at needing a new drive.

 

[Malik17]

yeh its jus i didnt see the problem i have there. also im gonna try new firmware. plus ive been told that it might also be that the lens needs cleaning or even the tray is a bit loose so ill look into that. thanx for the help neway