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Feb 20, 2008 11:41 PM by
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Re: My DVD drive won't read after a hard drive format - help!
I used Nero to back up files such as my music, videos, pictures....
Absolutely no disc will read, whether CD, DVD, program disc, data disc, nothing.
Even though I used DVD+R's before, I wonder if DVD-R's will make a difference now? Unfortunately I just bought a whole stack of +R's
Re: My DVD drive won't read after a hard drive format - help!
Sombeech wrote:
I used Nero to back up files such as my music, videos, pictures....
Absolutely no disc will read, whether CD, DVD, program disc, data disc, nothing.
Even though I used DVD+R's before, I wonder if DVD-R's will make a difference now? Unfortunately I just bought a whole stack of +R's
I used Nero to back up files such as my music, videos, pictures....
Absolutely no disc will read, whether CD, DVD, program disc, data disc, nothing.
Even though I used DVD+R's before, I wonder if DVD-R's will make a difference now? Unfortunately I just bought a whole stack of +R's
If no disc will work in that drive, then tends to suggest that it is something the drive or driver for the drive or the OS.
I forget (and cannot see the previous posts at the moment)...have you checked that the drive has a proper working driver installed in the Device Manager (should be under the DVD/CD-ROM drives portion)? And double checked all connections?
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Re: My DVD drive won't read after a hard drive format - help!
Sombeech wrote:
I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers, as well as the hardware itself. I've tried switching the DVD and CD drives around in the slots, just in case the
serial cable was bad on that second slot, but that didn't help.
I've got DVD - and + Rs now, and neither are working. CDs don't read either. The DVD hardware is an HP 640b, and I'm not finding it on their site
anymore. I wonder if it's just an outdated model, and the correct driver doesn't exist anymore.
I've tried the Master Slave setup, and I'm currently back to the Cable Select. If I remove the CD drive completely (hardware), still no luck.
Normally I'd say the drive went bad too, but this happened when I reformatted and reinstalled Windows XP. So I'm really leaning towards some kind of
driver issue, but it says the driver is up to date.
Hi Sombeech and welcome to PCWorld. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers, as well as the hardware itself. I've tried switching the DVD and CD drives around in the slots, just in case the
serial cable was bad on that second slot, but that didn't help.
I've got DVD - and + Rs now, and neither are working. CDs don't read either. The DVD hardware is an HP 640b, and I'm not finding it on their site
anymore. I wonder if it's just an outdated model, and the correct driver doesn't exist anymore.
I've tried the Master Slave setup, and I'm currently back to the Cable Select. If I remove the CD drive completely (hardware), still no luck.
Normally I'd say the drive went bad too, but this happened when I reformatted and reinstalled Windows XP. So I'm really leaning towards some kind of
driver issue, but it says the driver is up to date.
If you feel so strongly that this is not a hardware issue, the only other option is to take the DVD drive out and install it in another computer. If you are able to read CDs and DVDs, you know that the problem is your computer, or more specifically, your system configuration. If you are unable to read CDs and DVDs when installed in another computer, it is safe to say the DVD drive is dead and needs to be replaced....or at the very least the optical eye may need to be cleaned.
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