I have a similar problem. I had been successfully reading and burning DVDs
with two separate external USB DVD RW drives until something happened
yesterday that suddenly prevented my DVD drives from recognizing DVD disks
(They both still recognize CDs okay.) If I insert any DVD (whether blank or
a commercial movie, etc.) into either DVD drive, I now get an error message
saying, "Please insert a disk into drive [L: or J: depending on the drive]."
I can't think what I may have done in the last 24 hours to cause this change.
I've uninstalled and re-installed the drives, and I've tried updating
drivers (no updates were necessary), to no avail. That both drives are
similarly affected suggests to me that the problem lies not with either drive
(installation, drivers, connections, etc.) but rather with the system. Any
ideas?
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jim2148 [I am using a stand-alone desktop powered by a Pentium 4
(1.8GHz), Win XP Home SP2]
Malke said:
Combo drives have two lasers - one for cd's and the other for dvd's. I would
guess that your "great quality" (and I note your "HAH!") drives are faulty.
You can test by putting each drive in another computer. If they can't read
dvd's there, then you know the drive needs to be replaced. Some people have
had luck with drive cleaning kits (laser gets dirty) and you might also
want to try that first. Your call.
If the computers are new and under warranty, get the drives replaced.
Malke
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