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DVD-ROM in Laptop cannot read CD-R
Name: Bruce (by pika_chu89) Date: January 26, 2005 at 18:16:20 Pacific OS: WinXP SP2 CPU/Ram: 1.7ghz/forget
Comment:
My DVD-Rom in my laptop cannot read any burned cds. The dvd-rom is unnamed and I cannot run msinfo32.exe to find out what it is. I have tried many burned CD-R cds. Please help me
Name: XpUser Date: January 26, 2005 at 18:21:17 Pacific
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Did you try the Device Manager to identify this DVD-ROM?
i_XpUser
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Response Number 2
Name: Bruce (by pika_chu89) Date: January 26, 2005 at 18:42:54 Pacific
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I finally got the system information to work, it is a QSI DVD-ROM SDR-083. I have checked their website and the company says that it is driverless, and needs none. Therefore their website has no drivers to d/l.
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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser Date: January 26, 2005 at 18:49:36 Pacific
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The QSI DVD-ROM SDR-083 is a ROM drive, not a re-writer. No optical drive 'needs' drivers, the OS will install all it needs. Delete it from 'device manager' and reboot; Windows will install the correct drivers.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 4
Name: Bruce (by pika_chu89) Date: January 26, 2005 at 18:55:45 Pacific
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But i'm saying that it cannot READ Cd-R (burned) cds. I'm not asking if I can burn it. But i'll try that idea. Thx. i'll msg back if it works
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Response Number 5
Name: Bruce (by pika_chu89) Date: January 26, 2005 at 19:00:05 Pacific
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The DVD-ROM just spins, then it stops. The error message that it gives is "Please insert a disk into Drive D"
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Response Number 6
Name: dandidan Date: January 26, 2005 at 20:28:44 Pacific
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Hello I wonder if you may have some kind of a software conflict. are there more than one dvd/cd programs on your computer? You mightcheck on the website of nero or whoever made the program. dan
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Response Number 7
Name: Bruce (by pika_chu89) Date: January 26, 2005 at 20:39:38 Pacific
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Hi, I have no dvd/cd programs on my computer, all i use is windows media player. I'm trying to read a data disk, and windows doesn't detect the cd-r that I have inserted.
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Response Number 8
Name: XpUser Date: January 26, 2005 at 21:00:01 Pacific
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Can the DVD-ROM read other discs OK? If it does, something does not sound right with your burned cd-r's.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 9
Name: Bruce (by pika_chu89) Date: January 26, 2005 at 21:05:24 Pacific
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My DVD-ROM can read (I think) any other non-burned CDs. I just can't read any burned cd. Is there a fix for it?
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Response Number 10
Name: XpUser Date: January 26, 2005 at 21:34:17 Pacific
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Do you have access to another PC? If you do, test read those burned CD-Rs first.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 11
Name: Bruce (by pika_chu89) Date: January 27, 2005 at 07:05:16 Pacific
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I have a desktop computer, and it can read the cd-r just fine. The cd drive is a 44X CD-ROM drive not a DVD though. So should I just get a new dvd-rom for the laptop? Or does anyone have any other ideas?
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