Could corrupt software be the cause for DVD/CD combo players to stop working ?
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive Help: Not Reading DVDs

It is corrupt windows OS that is causing the DVD combo drives to suddenly stop working and ejecting most of the dvd or cds that are loaded.

I had a similar problem a year ago.Rebooting or reinstalling the Windows OS worked .But the same problem recurred after eight months.Again, reinstalling Windows worked for me .

The present problem I am facing is that the software is corrupt yet again but my drive won't even read my installation cds for me to be able to reinstall .

A brand new external DVD player connected to the lappy won't work either .So, I am guessing that it is the corrupt software that is causing the combo drive to stop working

-Compuenthusiast

Feedbacker
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive Help: Not Reading DVDs

Replying to Feedbacker

Look in you device manager. REmove the secondary IDE and restart. Check that the IDE channel is DMA and not PIO. That fixed mines, and mines reads some DVD's not all. That I don't know why.



-Nazeem

Wrong answer
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive Help: Not Reading DVDs

Replying to altsr

I reformatted mine 100 times and nothing, ive tried every suggested thread and nothing, Ive tried codecs to re-installs.

This junk just stopped working too and its brand new.. Memorex dual layer/ dual format..

-Mike

problem with cd dvd burner
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive Help: Not Reading DVDs

If I insert a dvd that has rw options if the disk has somethin on it my burner will keep it a dvd if the disk is dlank it will change the disk that in to a cd read then when I go to burn a dvd say a movie the burner will stop about 45% into record it stop and tells me failed can you help
Burner is a lights on the program is a nero 7.10 on a windows xp sys

can you help?

thank you jim

-question by Jim Fretts