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DVD-ROM will not read DVD's

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Name: side3
Date: October 4, 2009 at 08:06:34 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Product: Sony Dru-800a dual layer dvd±rw writer
Subcategory: General
Comment:

I recently took an older PC out of mothballs. The DVD-ROM (Sony DRU-800A) I have in it was relatively new when I packed it up (about 3 years ago). It recognizes CD's but does not read DVD's. It makes a lurching sound like you might hear when you put a DVD into a CD-ROM. The weird thing is that this drive will burn a DVD-R. I had some old files on the computer and it took the DVD-R, and let me burn it with Nero. But when I put a 'real' DVD in to encode it, nothing.I find it odd that it will burn a DVD, but not recognize a DVD. I am running Windows XP (SP1). The firmware is KY06. Any suggestions?



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