DVD appears as CD-ROM in My Computer - Sony Laptop

[Kevin]

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

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Have you installed DVD software such as WinDVD or PowerDVD?

Cari
www.coribright.com

 

[Kevin]

Have you installed DVD software such as WinDVD or PowerDVD?

No, I have not.

 

[Michael Cecil]

No, I have not.

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

 

[Kevin]

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.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

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

Cari
www.coribright.com

 

[Kevin]

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