Guest MikeB Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 I think this might be more appropriate to a different forum, if so a pointer would be appreciated. I have a laptop (ca. 2003, Pentium 4, Win/XP) with a DVD/recordable CD drive combo. The Drive plays DVD movies just fine. Just recently I received a DVD with file content. When I put this DVD into my drive, it is as if there is nothing in the drive. I can place the DVD into the DVD drive of an older computer I have and I can get the DVD to run and display its contents. I can't even begin to figure out how to troubleshoot this problem. Any hints? Thanks
Guest Malke Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: Weird DVD problem MikeB wrote: > I think this might be more appropriate to a different forum, if so a > pointer would be appreciated. > > I have a laptop (ca. 2003, Pentium 4, Win/XP) with a DVD/recordable CD > drive combo. > > The Drive plays DVD movies just fine. Just recently I received a DVD > with file content. > > When I put this DVD into my drive, it is as if there is nothing in the > drive. I can place the DVD into the DVD drive of an older computer I > have and I can get the DVD to run and display its contents. > > I can't even begin to figure out how to troubleshoot this problem. Any > hints? Does the drive read other data DVDs? If yes, then the problem was caused by the way the DVD you received was created. Probably it was left open instead of finalized. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest MikeB Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: Weird DVD problem On Jul 21, 10:28 am, Malke <notrea...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > MikeB wrote: > > I think this might be more appropriate to a different forum, if so a > > pointer would be appreciated. > > > I have a laptop (ca. 2003, Pentium 4, Win/XP) with a DVD/recordable CD > > drive combo. > > > The Drive plays DVD movies just fine. Just recently I received a DVD > > with file content. > > > When I put this DVD into my drive, it is as if there is nothing in the > > drive. I can place the DVD into the DVD drive of an older computer I > > have and I can get the DVD to run and display its contents. > > > I can't even begin to figure out how to troubleshoot this problem. Any > > hints? > > Does the drive read other data DVDs? If yes, then the problem was caused > by the way the DVD you received was created. Probably it was left open > instead of finalized. > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User The DVD does display in other computers. I think (although I cannot swear to it) that I have successfully used other data DVDs in the past.
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