DVDRW DRIVE

[lostboy]

Hey guys basicly my DVDRW drive has stopped working in a funny way lol. Its plays dvd movies but wont pick up any dvd blank disc or CDR blank disk.

can anyone help?????

Steve

[Psymon]

Could be the reading lens is dirty. Pop down to Pc world / currys / any computer store and look for a DVD lens cleaner. Might do the trick.

[venney]

Also just to reassure you, if its broken they are dead cheap now days to replace.

[lostboy]

ok, thanks guys. Also forgot to mention the drive is on my laptop. Will that put the price yp abit on the drive??

[Psymon]

never mind the price, where do you buy laptop hardware?? :S

[lostboy]

hmmmmmmm dont know!. this is going to be annoying i can tell.
The DVDRW picks up the recovery disc if I insert it while the the laptop is booting up. takes a little while though. Also just found out if I try to open the drive by clicking on the F: drive icon with a blank DVD DISC in it says. DRIVE F: IS NOT ACCESSIBLE INCORRECT FUNCTION. does this help anyone??

[icecube]

You had another post in the Windows 98 section, so if this is a Win 98 O/S you might just have a "noide" registry problem.

Here is a link on how to fix it.



Check device manager, you should have two yellow flags on the IDE items if this is the case

[lostboy]

No this is a my personal laptop. windows xp OS.