Guest Chuck Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 I recently upgraded my PC's drives, adding a DVD-RW while keeping the original DVD-ROM as a secondary drive. Here's the problem: while the drive shows up in My Computer, and is "functioning normally" in Device Manager, it won't read anything. I insert a disc (DVD/CD, doesn't matter), it'll spin up for a few seconds, then spin down, and that's it. As far as my PC is concerned, there's no disc in there. HELP!! 8-G
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: dvd-rom not spinning up Have you used Windows Explorer to see if you can read the disk there? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E799EE87-9079-4B56-B12B-B15AFA268F29@microsoft.com... >I recently upgraded my PC's drives, adding a DVD-RW while keeping the > original DVD-ROM as a secondary drive. Here's the problem: while the drive > shows up in My Computer, and is "functioning normally" in Device Manager, > it > won't read anything. I insert a disc (DVD/CD, doesn't matter), it'll spin > up > for a few seconds, then spin down, and that's it. As far as my PC is > concerned, there's no disc in there. > HELP!! 8-G
Guest Chuck Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: dvd-rom not spinning up Yup. Doesn't even recognize a disc as being present, be it music, movie or megabytes. :-) "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > Have you used Windows Explorer to see if you can read the disk there? > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com > > "Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E799EE87-9079-4B56-B12B-B15AFA268F29@microsoft.com... > >I recently upgraded my PC's drives, adding a DVD-RW while keeping the > > original DVD-ROM as a secondary drive. Here's the problem: while the drive > > shows up in My Computer, and is "functioning normally" in Device Manager, > > it > > won't read anything. I insert a disc (DVD/CD, doesn't matter), it'll spin > > up > > for a few seconds, then spin down, and that's it. As far as my PC is > > concerned, there's no disc in there. > > HELP!! 8-G > > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: dvd-rom not spinning up Ummm... Even new out of the box devices can be bad... Are you sure you correctly jumpered the drives. Master/Slave, etc.? If both optical drives are on the same cable, and are correctly jumpered, try switching them around, or test with the new drive as the only drive on the cable (Master). -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C74B4CA0-5AA5-4CAD-AAE9-FC897E048F3A@microsoft.com... > Yup. Doesn't even recognize a disc as being present, be it music, movie or > megabytes. :-) > > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > >> Have you used Windows Explorer to see if you can read the disk there? >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://www.grystmill.com >> >> "Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:E799EE87-9079-4B56-B12B-B15AFA268F29@microsoft.com... >> >I recently upgraded my PC's drives, adding a DVD-RW while keeping the >> > original DVD-ROM as a secondary drive. Here's the problem: while the >> > drive >> > shows up in My Computer, and is "functioning normally" in Device >> > Manager, >> > it >> > won't read anything. I insert a disc (DVD/CD, doesn't matter), it'll >> > spin >> > up >> > for a few seconds, then spin down, and that's it. As far as my PC is >> > concerned, there's no disc in there. >> > HELP!! 8-G >> >> >>
Guest Chuck Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: dvd-rom not spinning up I'll try that. I think I may have been a bit unclear, though. It's the ORIGINAL drive that's snafued, not the new one. "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > Ummm... Even new out of the box devices can be bad... Are you sure you > correctly jumpered the drives. Master/Slave, etc.? If both optical drives > are on the same cable, and are correctly jumpered, try switching them > around, or test with the new drive as the only drive on the cable (Master). > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com > > "Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C74B4CA0-5AA5-4CAD-AAE9-FC897E048F3A@microsoft.com... > > Yup. Doesn't even recognize a disc as being present, be it music, movie or > > megabytes. :-) > > > > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > > > >> Have you used Windows Explorer to see if you can read the disk there? > >> > >> -- > >> Gary S. Terhune > >> MS-MVP Shell/User > >> http://www.grystmill.com > >> > >> "Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:E799EE87-9079-4B56-B12B-B15AFA268F29@microsoft.com... > >> >I recently upgraded my PC's drives, adding a DVD-RW while keeping the > >> > original DVD-ROM as a secondary drive. Here's the problem: while the > >> > drive > >> > shows up in My Computer, and is "functioning normally" in Device > >> > Manager, > >> > it > >> > won't read anything. I insert a disc (DVD/CD, doesn't matter), it'll > >> > spin > >> > up > >> > for a few seconds, then spin down, and that's it. As far as my PC is > >> > concerned, there's no disc in there. > >> > HELP!! 8-G > >> > >> > >> > > >
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