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A DVD autostarts on my laptop and runs but not on my desktop

I have a DVD compatible drive on both my desktop and laptop. When I insert the DVD into my laptop, it recognizes it automatically and through clear.fi, plays the DVD. When I put the same DVD in my ...
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Wanted: Trustworthy Windows 7 DVD-R Driver

The Problem I’m trying to fix a friend’s laptop. The DVD driver is corrupted, so the optical drive doesn’t even show up as an option in Windows Explorer. Failed attempts so far… Microsoft Update ...
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Is it bad to close my laptop while media player is paused on a DVD?

When I use some laptop to watch DVDs (Windows Media Player, Windows 7), I sometimes pause the movie, then close the laptop. Closing the laptop puts it to sleep, stopping the DVD from spinning. I ...
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Unable to read DVD on laptop

I have a DVD disk that I created on an HP laptop. I believe it was setup to be accessed as a USB device. I do not have that laptop any longer and I still would like to access the files on that DVD ...
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Laptop DVD-RW Drive disc detection loop

An NEC Versa L1100 has a DVD-RW drive. The drives reads CDs perfectly well, but when a DVD is inserted, the drive make a series of disc reading noises, and cycles through the same set of noises every ...
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Can I replace a Lenovo Thinkpad's DVD drive with a SATA hard drive?

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad W510. Currently I have a SSD 125GB hard drive in it, but that is too small for me. Is it possible to replace my DVD drive with another SATA Hard Drive?
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How to install an OS on a laptop with its DVD drive not working?

I have a very old Acer Laptop and it's not reading CDs anymore. Therefore, I am not able to boot from CD. I bought an external DVD writer, but there is no option in the BIOS to boot from it. Is ...
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problem with acer dvd writer(don't accept dvd-r disks)

dvd writer of my acer laptop don't burn disk with burn programs the write programs warn me that your dvd must be dvd+r but my dvds is dvd-r but windows disk image burner can be write the image files ...
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Laptop DVD Drive Slow When Reading CD/DVD ROM Discs But Not R/RW Discs

in one of my previous questions I had trouble with my laptop reading some CD's so I eventually replaced the CD/DVD combo drive with a second-hand one from ebay. I researched the drive I had to make ...
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Replacing laptop optical drive (DVD, blu-ray) - what do I need to know?

Are laptop optical drives always compatible? Do they come in different physical sizes? Are there any specs I need to match on the new drive, such as whether it has SATA? If so, how would I find ...
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DVD/CD Rom not detected on Toshiba (Vista) laptop

I'm trying to help a friend with their laptop. It's suddenly stopped recognizing the DVD drive. As it's patching was out of date I've applied Vista SP2 and anything else that was overdue. I've also ...
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How standard is the form factor of a laptop DVD writer/burner?

My laptop Toshiba P100 DVD writer appears to have failed again so I'm looking for another one. I'm also thinking back to the time I replaced my failed DVD writer. I'm wondering what differences ...
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Is it usual for firmware to be only updatable in Windows?

http://www.ailis.de/~k/archives/36-Dell-firmware-problems-with-TSSTCorp-TS-L632D-DVD-drive.html I want to update the firmware described in this blog post, but the author of that post, who has a ...
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Use a slot-load drive with smaller disc

I have a laptop with a slot-load (no tray) dvd drive, and a set of smaller discs from a dvd video camera I need to load. What are my options?
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Can a new DVD drive be used in an old laptop?

I have an old (2003) Toshiba TE2100 laptop running WinXP. I'd like to upgrade it to Win7, but the DVD drive appears to be dead. While it shows up in Device Manager and Explorer, it won't recognise ...
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Optical drive failing to mount, yet can be read from

I've had this problem for a while, but have only recently really tested what works and what doesn't, and it's frightfully confusing. Here's my drive situation (Sony Vaio FE890 running ArchLinux): ...