Help with DVD playing, drive refuses to recognize that there is a

[Guest]

Hiyas,

Recently, I've had a bit a trouble playing DVDs on my computer. Previously,
my computer was quite capable of playing DVDs, etc... Now, even DVDs that had
worked no longer work. (Duur, I am quite obviously placing the DVDs into my
DVDRom drive)

So that eliminates the possibility that there might be a problem with the
disc itself.

It isn't like I get an error message, or something like that.


I insert the disc, NOTHING happens. At all. I go to My Computer, it tells me
that there is no disc inserted into any of my disc drives.


Oh, and by the quite likely offchance that this is due to my sister going
into Add or Remove programs and uninstalling 'Viewpoint Media Player'....


I tried playing it manually with WMP, same result-- Tells me I need to
insert the DVD first.



Oh, for some reason I didn't even need to register for a new account...It
just kerplunked me into this one...Is it some sort of automated thingymajig?
Same thing on the MSDN forums, where I accidentally posted my issue at first,
thinking THAT was the main microsoft forums....On both, I've got accounts
over a year old. What's up with that? Oh, and I'm the only one who uses this
computer...

 

[Guest]

If somebody showed me how to edit my posts, I would be very grateful...



Apologies for my bad forum etiquette...Yes, I am a bad forumite.

 

[Guest]

I dont know if this is the same case as yours, but before when i would burn a
data dvd at to high of speeds on my desktop my laptop would not see the dvd
either until i burned it at a slower speed

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Are you able to view the files in the DVD from Windows Explorer (aka My
Computer)?

If not, it could be the DVD laser failing, especially if it is old.

What about normal CDs? Are you able to view them in Windows Explorer? If
yes, higher chance that the DVD laser is failing.

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[Patrick Keenan]

Hiyas,

Recently, I've had a bit a trouble playing DVDs on my computer.
Previously,
my computer was quite capable of playing DVDs, etc... Now, even DVDs that
had
worked no longer work. (Duur, I am quite obviously placing the DVDs into
my
DVDRom drive)

So that eliminates the possibility that there might be a problem with the
disc itself.

It isn't like I get an error message, or something like that.


I insert the disc, NOTHING happens. At all. I go to My Computer, it tells
me
that there is no disc inserted into any of my disc drives.


Oh, and by the quite likely offchance that this is due to my sister going
into Add or Remove programs and uninstalling 'Viewpoint Media Player'....


I tried playing it manually with WMP, same result-- Tells me I need to
insert the DVD first.

Are *any* discs recognised in the drive? if not, consider that the drive
may have failed. Fortunately, replacements are inexpensive and trivial to
perform.

HTH
-pk

<snippage>

 

[Guest]

I can't view them in Windows Explorer, as whenever I try to it tells me to
first insert a disc.



On that note, recently my computer has been making wierd clicking and
clacking noises....?


I tried re-installing Viewpoint Media Player, but it still doesn't
work...Also, the current Viewpoint has a different logo, etc., so I think
that perhaps my previous 'Viewpoint Media Player' was something else, but
coincidentally under the same name.



Also, I really don't think it's because of my DVD laser failing...





Oh, and this isn't directly tied to my current issue, but lately my computer
has gone near-FUBAR, crashing quite often, freezing, etc., and now it's
making strange noises. Rebooting does nothing, and I've run many PC-TuneUp
tools, as well as Scandisk and Checkdisk.

 

[Guest]

Wow, these forums really work in strange ways...

So now I have to repost something I just posted, but in fact ended up BEFORE
another post, so remains on the second page where nobody looks....

.....Honestly?

Anyway, here's the Copy-Paste version of my previous post, which by all
rights should be here...



I can't view them in Windows Explorer, as whenever I try to it tells me to
first insert a disc.



On that note, recently my computer has been making wierd clicking and
clacking noises....?


I tried re-installing Viewpoint Media Player, but it still doesn't
work...Also, the current Viewpoint has a different logo, etc., so I think
that perhaps my previous 'Viewpoint Media Player' was something else, but
coincidentally under the same name.



Also, I really don't think it's because of my DVD laser failing...





Oh, and this isn't directly tied to my current issue, but lately my computer
has gone near-FUBAR, crashing quite often, freezing, etc., and now it's
making strange noises. Rebooting does nothing, and I've run many PC-TuneUp
tools, as well as Scandisk and Checkdisk. I've also tried scanning my
registry, also to no avail...My computer is 99% F.U.B.A.R.

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

As I said in the previous post, if it works with normal CDs and not with
DVDs, chances are that the laser is failing.

For the strange noises, you will need to open up the case and find out where
it is coming from - it could be the fans, power supply, hard disk or your
DVD drive.

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[Guest]

Hi "Evilbob"
I am having the same problem (I think). My DVD player will play CD's (hence
not a laser problem), but when I ask to play DVD's it says there is no disk
in drive. I was told to check that DVD playing software was installed (like
Power DVD), which it is and then it was suggested I check the DVD decoder,
which I did, but purchased a new updated decoder and this still has not fixed
my problem. Maybe you could try these suggestions on you machine. I have no
techy knowledge whatsoever and hope someone out there can give some more
help. p-l-e-a-s-e.