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3d blu ray drive
My understanding is that any 2x and faster blu ray optical drive is capable of reading 3d blu ray disks. Is this correct?
I am currently looking at buying this:
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Looking for a DVD drive that does not limit its speed reading CSS-protected DVDs
I want to backup some video DVDs, yet speed is quite low at ~5MB/s or ~4x-DVD-mode.
Some research showed that some drives have a built-in auto-throttle "feature" which kicks in as soon as an ...
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How does a CD drive know where to look on a CD?
How does a CD drive know where data is on a CD, for example if the computer asks for data at a certain location, how does the reader know physically where that is on the disc?
Is there some decided ...
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How to prevent access to DVD and USB ports in Windows 7?
How do I prevent access to the DVD drive and USB ports in Windows 7 unless an admin password is entered?
Also, if I could, I would like users to connect an Apple iPod without needing to enter a ...
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Windows won't release lock on drive tray after burning a disc
I have two bluray drives of the same exact model and brand installed in my computer. I occasionally like to use either of them to burn CDs or DVDs using various software (Windows Media Player 12, ...
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MacBook Pro: More Than One SSD in Optical Drive Bay?
Would it be possible to slot more than one drive into a MacBook Pro's optical drive bay?
Obviously, no such product yet exists. (Would love to know if I'm wrong!) But when looking at ...
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DVD drive only reads original disks
Something odd happened to my DVD drive about a year ago. It won't read any blank disks - only original ones. I tried cleaning the lens, but it didn't help. What should I do? It's an old drive, but it ...
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SFF computers with sideways DVD drives - must they be laid flat to play/burn DVD/CDs?
I want to give an older parent a replacement computer. It would be used for internet/youtube, email, Word, DVD playback and backing up CDs. I've already identified the Compaq 100B as a great choice, ...
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BluRay notebook drive spins up then down, doesn't mount
My blu-ray optical drive for my notebooks is acting funny. When I insert a blu-ray disc, it spins up some, then slows down and repeats. The disc never mounts.
Any suggestions?
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How are commercial DVD's burned? [closed]
I'm not talking about the DVD-R's here. When you buy retail software and DVD movies from the store for example, how is that DVD burned onto the original disc? What would I need if I want to burn those ...
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Can't see DVD drive in Windows 8 Developer Preview
After installing the Windows 8 Developer Preview (64-bit) on my PC, I can no longer see my DVD drive. What could be wrong?
My PC specifications:
Gigabyte GA-EP41T-UD3L (G41) motherboard
Samsung DVD ...
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Can a scratched CD/DVD harm to DVD drive's laser head?
Long time ago, during the days I own my first computer in 2001, I heard that scratched CD/DVD can harm to the laser head of the DVD drives.
Is it true? Is it even true for today's DVD drives? I've ...
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How to install a laptop optical drive in a 5.25 inch bay
For no reason other then awesome factor, I want to install a slot-loading optical drive in my new computer.
Now, a lot of searching has proved that slot-loading optical drives don't come in 5.25 inch ...
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LITEON DS8A3S reads CDs and blank DVDs fine, while other DVDs trigger “no disk in drive” reaction
I have an Acer Aspire 5738Z with a LITEON Slimtype DS8A3S. The firmware on it is HA17. It used to read everything excluding DL DVDs fine, but now it only reads CDs and blank DVDs. I've tried the ...
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How to access a CD/DVD drive over the network?
The CD/DVD drive of my notebook is broken. However, the drive from my desktop computer is working perfectly.
How can I access the CD/DVD drive from my desktop computer over the network? I want to put ...
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Do PCI-E SATA RAID controllers work with DVD/Blu-ray drives?
I'm building a new PC in an old case. The motherboard is slightly oversize and I can't access most of the onboard SATA ports, so I want to attach my two optical drives to an expansion card.
All the ...
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My IBM DVD drive most of times shows blank CD even if data is there [closed]
I have the Lenevo W510 laptop but i have seen that many times when i put DATA cd in it , it shows that CD is blank. But when i put in some other computer that cd works.
Whats the problem
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How To Disconnect DVD-ROM From Laptop?
I have HP Pavilion dv5282ea and after sending it to laboratory, i noticed that my DVD-ROM activates from time to time, just like i am opening and closing it. I know i should open my laptop and fix the ...
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How is a hard-drive a bottleneck when burning a CD or DVD?
I have always wondered why people keep blaming hard-drives for causing buffer underruns when burning a CD or DVD. I’ve read many people saying to use a faster hard-drive or to make sure to defragment ...
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Macbook optical drive constantly checks for media after boot/wake from sleep and won't accept discs
The slot-loading optical drive on a Macbook (2006) running won't accept a disc when inserted--unless it is partially inserted and then slept/waken or the "Disc Burning" section of System Profiler is ...
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DVD drive is not able to detect or read blank dvd
I have a TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632H DVD drive in my laptop. This drive is not able to detect or read blank dvd of Moser Baer but it can read blank dvd of Sony.
What is the problem ?
What is the ...
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Can I use a pre-Unibody optical bay adapter in a Unibody MacBook Pro?
I have a 3rd-party drive adapter which allows me to put a 2nd hard drive in the optical drive bay of a 2008 MacBook Pro. I'm looking at getting a 2010 Unibody MacBook Pro; is this adapter likely to be ...
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Why has my CDROM drive has disappeared from My Computer?
I have an HP DC7900 with Windows XP SP3 installed on it. I also have a Digital Recorder DS4000 but it's the only USB device shown in my computer. The CD drive has gone...
Has anybody seen this issue ...
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Laptop: replace optical drive with an SSD or other hard disk. Is it possible?
Can I replace my optical drive with a hard drive drive? I have a Asus N61J laptop, I have seen some sites on the web that advertise this procedure for Apple notebooks. I would prefer not to have an ...
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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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Changing CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drive Letter from D: to E:
I read this, but it doesn't address one question I've had about this (I'd comment on it, but my rep isn't high enough):
When changing the ODD Drive Letter from D: to E:, I get this message in Windows ...
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BIOS and Windows cannot detect CDROM device
I have a HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4521B dvdrom device and a big problem.
Some days ago everything worked fine. A friend installed some software and then the drives in winxp has been marked as corrupt. I ...
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Are Liteon DVD writers good , and reliable ?.Specifically Liteon iHAS624 [closed]
I need a new dvd writer as mine (an 4 years LG) doesn't work, fails reading a lot of cds and i had some problems burning some dvds.
I have been investigating a bit and i have found Lite-on iHAS624 ...
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Optical drive spins down to a halt and is unreadable
I have a burned audio CD that I'm trying to rip using iTunes on a recent vintage iMac (with a slot loading SuperDrive).
I was able to import about two-thirds of the tracks before the inserted disc ...
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DVD drive troubleshooting [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
DVD drive disappears
Recently my DVD drive has stopped responding to discs. I've tried to install software like Rosetta Stone and the Adobe Suite. The disk drive doesn't ...
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What Does It Mean When DVD-RW Drives Only Read CDs?
So, I have a really strange hardware problem with a laptop optical drive where it can read any CD, but no DVD (I am sure this is not a region encoding issue, despite being a French-bought laptop).
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Do all Blu-Ray writers write dual layer discs?
I would like to buy a BR writer. My question is simple: do all the models write BD-R DL or do I have to pay attention like for DVD burners?
All the products, from all brands, I found so far on some ...
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SATA DVD drive refuses to read movie DVDs
Hey, I have a problem with my DVD Drive (Asus DRW-2014L1T, most current firmware installed) on Windows 7 x64.
When I insert a DVD movie and Windows starts to access the drive (for autoplay, or when I ...
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Can I disable the optical drive in my Macbook Pro through OSX?
The drive is broken and makes angry noises when it spins up, the noise is becoming a problem when using my computer in class. I'd like to disable it.
For reasons that aren't important I'd rather not ...
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Windows 7 installation asks for DVD drivers
I have installed Windows XP on my machine (Company CQ5020NL). Before I was able to do that, I set the SATA controller to IDE in the bios.
Now I want to install Windows 7 upgrade. The DVD boots into ...
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Windows XP: is DVD drive connected to master or slave on the IDE port?
I'm running a German Windows XP Professional and want to know whether my IDE-DVD-drive is connected to the master or slave without opening the machine. The device manager shows Ort: Pfad 0 (0) (in ...
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CD drive always available in a laptop
How can I make the CD drive always available in a laptop, even when it is running on batteries?
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Windows 7 installation - CD\DVD driver issue on laptop
I'm installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit from an MSDN download onto a new Dell Studio 1558 laptop.
Right after clicking "Install Now" I get the following message in a window titled Load Driver:
A ...
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Looking for pin-out for 4 pin analogue CD-ROM audio cable
Remember those 4-pin audio cables which went from optical disk drive to sound card? I'm looking for pin-out for them.
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Macbook optical drive blocked
The optical drive on my Macbook seems to have some sort of blockage. When I try to insert a disk the disk seems to be hitting something inside the drive on the right side (the side nearer the ...
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CD drive won't open
I have a computer for a client and I can get the cd drive to burn cds and read from them. However, for some reason the drive won't open once it's read something. I've tried to right click on the ...
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Optical drive not recognized in Win 7
I have just tried to use a CD in Windows 7, but it doesn't seem to be recognized. I have just used the same CD in the same drive on the same machine when I was booted into Linux, so hardware seems to ...
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A disk is stuck in my slot-loading Dell Studio Hybrid. How can I get it out?
The slot-loading optical drive in my Dell Studio Hybrid has been acting up. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it churns and makes some unpleasant sounds. Now I can't even get it to eject the disc ...
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Pri slave drive ATAPI incompatible after setting bios to ACHI for ssd
The title says it all. I installed a SSD C:\ drive, and also have a SATA CD/DVD drive. When booting, the POST screen says that the CD/DVD Drive is ATAPI incompatible. In windows the CD/DVD works fine, ...
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Windows 7 Can't read Disks
last week my DVD drive failed (or so i thought) i ordered a new one and fitted it today only to find that the same problem still persists.
I have 2 DVD drives, the new one thats a SATA DVD/RW and an ...
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Can my DVD burner write “Dual Layer” disks?
Is there a generic way to find out if a dvd-burner can burn dual layer dvd's without trying and potential waste a disk?
Right now it's this drive I'm wondering about but I'd like a solution that ...
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DVD Drive won't play DVDs, weird context menu
My DVD drive no longer recognises DVDs correctly, and I'm not sure how to correct this.
On startup, Explorer displays the drive as DVD Drive (E:) overlaid with a "DVD" label
(I have 2 hard disk ...
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DVD stops working in windows 7 64 bit
I have the same problem as described in this question:
http://superuser.com/questions/105928/dvd-cd-rom-drives-stop-working-in-windows-7
I know I have got some games that are using starforce and/or ...
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DVD writer doesn't detect, driver corrupt error
I have a Dell Inspiron 1525, and my DVD drive suddenly stopped showing in Windows Explorer. When I checked device manager it shows this error "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. ...
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Unable to boot from secondary IDE HDD when DVD burner connected as master
I have a (as it seems to me) strange problem with my DVD burner (Sony AD7540A) which I would like to use as master device on a IDE bus. There is a HDD on the bus as well that should be (is) the slave ...
