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Kevin
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      23rd Mar 2004
I have a DVD drive that can read CD-ROMs, but not DVDs (data or video). On
another XP Pro system, the DVD drive appears in My Computer as a 'DVD
Drive'. On the problem system (a Sony PCG-560K laptop), the DVD drive
appears as a 'CD Drive'. This would seem to indicate that XP is not
recognizing the DVD drive.

On the laptop, if I click on the 'CD Drive' properties, and click on
Hardware, the drive is identified as a TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-U824 and the type
of drive is DVD/CD-ROM, both of which appear to be correct.

Elsewhere I read that if the DVD drive is correctly installed, it will show
up in Media Player under Tools | Options | DVD. The DVD option does not
appear when I run Media Player.

Kevin


 
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Cari \(MS-MVP\)
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      23rd Mar 2004
Have you installed DVD software such as WinDVD or PowerDVD?

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"Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have a DVD drive that can read CD-ROMs, but not DVDs (data or video). On
> another XP Pro system, the DVD drive appears in My Computer as a 'DVD
> Drive'. On the problem system (a Sony PCG-560K laptop), the DVD drive
> appears as a 'CD Drive'. This would seem to indicate that XP is not
> recognizing the DVD drive.
>
> On the laptop, if I click on the 'CD Drive' properties, and click on
> Hardware, the drive is identified as a TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-U824 and the
> type
> of drive is DVD/CD-ROM, both of which appear to be correct.
>
> Elsewhere I read that if the DVD drive is correctly installed, it will
> show
> up in Media Player under Tools | Options | DVD. The DVD option does not
> appear when I run Media Player.
>
> Kevin
>
>



 
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Kevin
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      23rd Mar 2004
> Have you installed DVD software such as WinDVD or PowerDVD?

No, I have not.


 
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Michael Cecil
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      23rd Mar 2004
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:34:20 -0800, "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>> Have you installed DVD software such as WinDVD or PowerDVD?

>
>No, I have not.


Check that the Shell Hardware Detection service is enabled and started.

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Kevin
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      23rd Mar 2004
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> Check that the Shell Hardware Detection service is enabled and started.
>


Yes it is.

I have also tried uninstalling the device and reinstalling ... no luck.


 
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Cari \(MS-MVP\)
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      24th Mar 2004
Without DVD codecs, you cannot read from a DVD. You can just purchase the
codecs if you do not want the whole package... www.intervideo.com

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>> Have you installed DVD software such as WinDVD or PowerDVD?

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> No, I have not.
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Kevin
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      24th Mar 2004
> Without DVD codecs, you cannot read from a DVD. You can just purchase the
> codecs if you do not want the whole package... www.intervideo.com
>


Do you need DVD codecs to read data DVD's?

To clarify, I am not trying to view DVD movies, just read DVD data disks.

Kevin


 
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