DVD RW problems

tech jong · 07-16-2006, 09:29 PM

last spring (05) i installed a new drive, i replaced my CD burner with a DVD burner, leaving my normal DVD player. several months later, august or September the drive quit working, it would not read or write any type of disk. sense then i have been trying every thing i could think of to get it running again. recently some one gave me the idea to do restore to when it was functioning properly. So if you have any ideas on this they would be greatly appreciated

the New drive is a Sony DVD RW DRU-710A it was installed professionally by best buy.
The other drive is a toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1612
My system is a sony vaio desktop

yankeebean · 07-16-2006, 10:14 PM

you could try uninstalling the hardware...

Right click My computer
properties
hardware
device manager

Find the dvd drive and right click on it. it should show option to uninstall it.

uninstall it....

Now restart you computer, it will find and reinstall your DVD Drive and everything work fine...

tech jong · 07-16-2006, 10:19 PM

i have done that several times...

yankeebean · 07-17-2006, 10:14 PM

is your DVD Burner Faulty??

tech jong · 07-17-2006, 10:49 PM

not to my knowledge (as far as damage/physically)

**Ralck** · 07-17-2006, 11:30 PM

Does the drive show up in My Computer? If it does not, then the cable may have gotten dislodged.

If it does show up, but does not read discs, then there could be a problem with the drive. You can try going and buying a drive cleaning kit- about $10-15. It looks like a CD with a special brush on one side and some cleaning solution. Follow the directions and try to clean the drive.

Let us know how if it's still broken and we can go from there.

weeniedog · 07-17-2006, 11:45 PM

Here's something that happened to me more than once: I knew the CD player was plugged in and had power, but would not show up in My Computer. I could put an (F:) in the address bar of windows explorer and it would show it. ???
wdog

07-16-2006, 09:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
tech jong Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 9 OS: win xp	DVD RW problems last spring (05) i installed a new drive, i replaced my CD burner with a DVD burner, leaving my normal DVD player. several months later, august or September the drive quit working, it would not read or write any type of disk. sense then i have been trying every thing i could think of to get it running again. recently some one gave me the idea to do restore to when it was functioning properly. So if you have any ideas on this they would be greatly appreciated the New drive is a Sony DVD RW DRU-710A it was installed professionally by best buy. The other drive is a toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1612 My system is a sony vaio desktop

07-16-2006, 10:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
yankeebean Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 155 OS: xp	Suggestion you could try uninstalling the hardware... Right click My computer properties hardware device manager Find the dvd drive and right click on it. it should show option to uninstall it. uninstall it.... Now restart you computer, it will find and reinstall your DVD Drive and everything work fine...

07-17-2006, 10:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
yankeebean Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 155 OS: xp	sugestion is your DVD Burner Faulty??

07-17-2006, 11:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ralck TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,454 OS: 98SE/XP PRO/FC4 My System	Does the drive show up in My Computer? If it does not, then the cable may have gotten dislodged. If it does show up, but does not read discs, then there could be a problem with the drive. You can try going and buying a drive cleaning kit- about $10-15. It looks like a CD with a special brush on one side and some cleaning solution. Follow the directions and try to clean the drive. Let us know how if it's still broken and we can go from there. __________________ Power Supply Info Everyone Should Read! How to Post Your System Specs

07-17-2006, 11:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
weeniedog Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 22 OS: 2000PRO	About stuff beibg seen in My Computer Here's something that happened to me more than once: I knew the CD player was plugged in and had power, but would not show up in My Computer. I could put an (F:) in the address bar of windows explorer and it would show it. ??? wdog

07-16-2006, 10:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
tech jong Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 9 OS: win xp	i have done that several times...

07-17-2006, 10:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
tech jong Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 9 OS: win xp	not to my knowledge (as far as damage/physically)