Can't read DVD+RW / -RW

[chicchio]

Hello !
A friend gave to me his old laptop, IBM T600E, running Win 2000 pro and SP4.
The DVD reader is Matsushita. I can't read DVD +RW or -RW; all other disks
are read (DVD-R, DVD+R, CD etc; I can see movie DVD, also). I have tried to
reinstall drivers for the DVD drive, and also let Windows look for better
drivers on Internet; Windows says that best drives are already installed; the
error is still there, when I insert a DVD+RW or DVD-RW Windows says that
there is no disk in the drive.
Is it an error in my laptop ? Can I do anything to fix ?
Thanks in advance, Enrico (chicchio)

 

[Andrew Morton]

A friend gave to me his old laptop, IBM T600E, running Win 2000 pro
and SP4. The DVD reader is Matsushita. I can't read DVD +RW or -RW;
all other disks are read (DVD-R, DVD+R, CD etc; I can see movie DVD,
also). I have tried to reinstall drivers for the DVD drive, and also
let Windows look for better drivers on Internet; Windows says that
best drives are already installed; the error is still there, when I
insert a DVD+RW or DVD-RW Windows says that there is no disk in the
drive.
Is it an error in my laptop ? Can I do anything to fix ?

Have you checked that particular model of DVD drive can read DVD+/-RW?

Andrew

 

[chicchio]

Have you checked that particular model of DVD drive can read DVD+/-RW?

Andrew

It is a Matsushita DVD ROM model SR-8174-H (it seems the same of -B)
manufactured in dec 1999. I can't find any info on Panasonic site, and only
few on Google.
Thanks, Enrico

 

[John John - MVP]

More than likely the drive just cannot read DVD RW disks.

John

 

[Andrew Morton]

It is a Matsushita DVD ROM model SR-8174-H (it seems the same of -B)
manufactured in dec 1999. I can't find any info on Panasonic site,
and only few on Google.

....none of which mention reading DVD+/-RW, so there's your answer. An
external drive would be a simple solution (although a T600E probably only
has USB1.1, so it would be tedious at best).

Andrew