Questions tagged [optical-drive]
An optical drive is a kind of drive that can read (and usually write) optical media like CDs, DVDs, or Blu-Ray discs.
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How do I audit CD/DVD tray opening events in Windows 7?
Since installing Windows 7, the entire office has experienced random CD tray openings, sometimes while we are in the office, sometimes not.
On my PC, I have two disc-reading devices, but only the ...
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use a SATA to USB cable with MacBook Pro optical drive?
Is there something fundamentally different about hard drives and optical drives regarding how they communicate with the computer? I ordered a SATA to USB adapter from Monoprice and I want to know ...
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Disc drive busy on MacBook, with disc stuck inside
I have a white MacBook, running Snow Leopard, 10.6.3 with the latest updates.
I popped in a DVD that the system failed to mount. I did not see any conspicuous errors. As a result of this failure, the ...
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CD/DVD Drive not detecting locally burned CD/DVDs, but works fine with Genuine discs
I'm using Dell Inspiron 1420 - 32 Bit - Windows Vista, since 2.5 years. I'm facing a strange problem with my CD/DVD-drive. I cannot run/play a CD/DVD which I get burned from my friends. But when I ...
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cdrom device not found during Linux installation on Macbook Pro
I'm trying to have a dual boot Debian / Mac OS X on my Macbook Pro.
I boot on the Debian install CD, the first steps are fine until "Detect and mount CD-ROM". It seems that the installer cannot find ...
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Windows 7 disc not recognized by DVD drive
My machine is a recent model Systemax, less than 2 years old. It came with Vista 32bit and I bought Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for it.
When I insert the Windows 7 DVD into the drive, it churns a ...
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DVD drive not recognized
I'm in the midst of building a computer (first time builder)
I got everything plugged in, and hit the power button. After the excitement of the first boot coming up on my screen, I was looking ...
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ubuntu , how to check how many cd drives are attached to computer
How can i check which cd drives are attched to computer and is ubuntu detecting them or not
i have seen that there were few drives which werenot showing on the computer but when i mouted them then it ...
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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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Which CD Drive is used during boot if have multiple drives
I have 7 CD Drives attached to my computer. Now i want to install Linux on computer.
But i am not sure which drive is used when i boot.
I tried once putting in any drive.
The Linux starts but after ...
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How can a reduce the read speed of a Liteon DVD drive under Windows 7
How can I reduce the read speed of a Liteon DVD drive under Windows 7? The aim is to reduce the level of noise generated by an wasteful high-speed as it's used in an HTPC environment.
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Windows XP Disc: corrupt or not corrupt?
I just finished one of my builds and am trying to install Windows XP onto it. Here are the specs beforehand...
Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 2.4 GHz (512KB L2, 533MHz FSB)
QDI Superb 4 Motherboard
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Why will multiple dvd/cd-rom drives stop reading?
I'm having difficulty with two dvd/cd drives. When I updated from XP to Vista, I noticed they wouldn't work. I could add cds or dvds to the drives and they would attempt to read the disk, but never "...
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Recommend a good DVD or BD replacement drive that can read older CD-R/DVD+R media? [closed]
So I have a bunch of older CD-R (and a few DVD+R) discs that are either suffering from "bit rot", or a case of crappy no-name Chinese DVD drives being unable to read some or all of anymore. I just ...
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Can't run Ubuntu from disc
When I place the boot CD in my CD drive and boot from it, I get the Ubuntu menu.
I have these options
Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer
Install Ubuntu
Check disc for defects
Test memory
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how do you eject cd using keyboard on dell inspiron 6000
The eject button on my cd / dvd drive is broken.
I can still eject using windows explorer from the context menu.
I need to reinstall windows.
Is there a function key combination i can use from the ...
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How to enable a CD/DVD drive? It is not listed in "My Computer"
I just got a laptop from a friend. The CD/DVD drive is not present in "My Computer". But the tray comes out when I press the button and everything.
I remember long time ago, enabling it by changing ...
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What are typical drive lifetimes?
Can anyone tell me about the lifetime of drives (floppy, hard disk, CD, DVD, flash...)?
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Troubleshooting: Monitor never turns on, system fans running, DVD-ROM does not open
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ECS P4VXASD2+ (V5.0) motherboard FSB 533MHz
Intel Pentium 4 2.40A GHz Prescott Socket 478
2x 256MB PC2100 DDR RAM, 2x 256MB PC133 SDRAM
CoolMax 350W PSU
DVD-ROM - will ...
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DVD drive doesn't recognize blank dvds only!
My dvd-rom works fine because I can play dvds on it, however when the dvd is a blank one the drive refuses to recognize it. So I can't burn dvds anymore because the drive shows up as empty in my disk ...
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Windows Home Server installation fails because it can't find the DVD drive anymore
I've got an old Dell Dimension 8300 desktop I decided to convert into a WHS box. I popped in a pair of 1 TB SATA drives, which were recognized fine by the BIOS and the currently installed OS (XP), so ...
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Will an external USB DVD writer perform the same like an internal SATA DVD Writer?
Will an external USB DVD writer perform the same like Internal SATA DVD Writer?
I'm going to purchase a new PC with a very sleek cabinet. If I buy an external USB DVD writer will it perform the same ...
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Is there any free software to check for issues with a DVD drive?
I don't usually play movies on my laptop (prefer the standalone with the tv), but I tried to watch one the other night, and noticed playback was really choppy and had audio artifacts in places.
I ...
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SATA-II motherboard and drives but only connected at SATA-I
I have an Abit AB9 QuadGT motherboard which has a SATA-II controller.
Connected to it I have a Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB as boot drive and a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 as a data drive. I also ...
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Can't Run .exe files from my DVD-R/W Rom win XP Pro [duplicate]
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*.exe is not a valid win32 application
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In my windows XP Pro I can't run any .exe file from my DVD Rom, but I can run them on my hard drive, Even I can't copy ...
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What type of SATA cable should I buy?
I've bought a new optical drive. It's a Samsung SH-S223C with SATA connection (see the below image). Since it is OEM with no box, no cable came with it, so I need two cables now. Since I have an extra ...
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Bluray Drives: 2x vs 4x vs 6x vs 8x read/write speed comparison
I couldn't find a duplicate question, but I was wondering what the differences are between different read/write speeds for Bluray drive. I'm planning on buying one for a build but don't know if I can ...
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How can I find what /dev my DVD-drive is?
I'm on Mac OS X, have a DVD in the DVD-drive and can look at it in the Finder. I'd like to try to create an iso of it by using the dd command. But to do that I need to know what device to use as an ...
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High-end CD/DVD burners?
Do such things exist? I wouldn't mind paying $100 to $200 for one, but it must:
Have a very fast spin-up to ready time (less than one second)
Have an even faster dismount time (say, half second)
Can ...
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DVD Drive Has Stopped Recognizing Discs
My DVD drive no longer recognizes dvds, but does recognize CD-ROMs. When a DVD is in the drive, the computer continues to act as though there is no disc in the drive. However, when a normal CD-ROM ...
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Why does my DVD drive spin up every minute or so, spin down, and repeat (new Dell Studio 15 with Windows 7)
We have just got a new Dell Studio 15 laptop running Windows 7 home premium with slot load DVD drive. If there is a DVD drive in the drive, every minute or so, the drive will spin up, make a couple of ...
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USB to USB CD ROM emulator
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a CDROM emulator that runs on Linux. I want to emulate this configuration:
[CDROM DRIVE]----USB CABLE----[COMPUTER UNDER TEST]
Where [COMPUTER UNDER TEST] is a ...
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Computer won't boot from CD/DVD drive
I'm trying to install Fedora on a really old (1999-2000) PC, even though I have set it to boot the CD/DVD drive first it wont boot from the CD, I know the CD 'im using is bootable, do you think that ...
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Sharing laptop's internal optical drive running windows XP Media Center Edition with Netbook running windows 7
just got a new HP netbook with no optical drive and guide said I should be able to share the optical drive of another windows computer. The netbook is running Windows 7 and the laptop, also HP, with ...
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How to boot Toshiba Portege M200 from image with no CD drive
My Toshiba Portege M200 has no CD drive, and I would like to boot to Acronis to reload from an image that I created. I don't know how else to get the OS and all the drivers loaded. It doesn't seem ...
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DVD/CD-ROM drives stop working in Windows 7
All of a sudden Windows 7 (64 bit) lost all DVD and CD-ROM drives. It worked fine for about a month, then I don't know what happened.
At first I thought it was a hardware problem - that my DVD-ROM ...
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Unable to mount DVDs on Gentoo
I'm unable to mount any dvd on my HP 6735s laptop running Gentoo (with combined stable (+) and testing (~) ebuilds). Here's everything that I can come up with:
$uname -a
Linux aiur 2.6.32.6-aiur-r5 #...
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Difference between IDE and SATA DVD writers
What is the difference between IDE and SATA type DVD writers? My motherboard supports both. Which one do you recommend?
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Data cable types for internal DVD writers
What are the possible data cable types to connect DVD writer to motherboard? What are the differences between them? Do I have to use only one type for a writer or is it optional?
My motherboard is ...
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Windows 7 cd-rom failure
My girlfriend has an Acer Aspire 4810T. The cdrom has stopped working (or never worked after installing windows) and I can't figure out for the life of me why it's not working. When the computer ...
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Can I rename my CD or DVD drive?
I have 7 CD drives. Currently I'm writing the CDs using NTI Media Maker.
The problem is that all drives have weird name like HL DVD-RW S224. It is very hard to find which drive is which.
Is there ...
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DVD-ROM: Pioneer DVD-115GA not being detected
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AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2.00 GHz / 2 x 512 MB PC-3200 DDR RAM / 160 GB IDE HDD / 128 MB GeForce 6200 AGP / FIC AM37 / Windows XP Pro SP3
So this computer is actually an ...
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Can you paint on the label side of a CD? If so, what kinds of paint would be safe for the drives?
I sometimes make demo CDs for artists as a kind of sideline from maintaining their websites. While working on one of these demo discs, I began to wonder whether it was possible for an artist to paint ...
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LG DVD writer shows Bluebirds application software everytime
I bought 4 new LG DVD writers and all four writer shows blurbirds.exe named application inside it. EVen if i insert any cd or DVD it won't detect anything but shows thosde 4 files
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How do I record sound from my CD/DVD player without other system sounds in the mix?
Using GoldWave I can record via the "Stereo Mix" channel, but I get no sound on the "CD" channel. Of course, using the stereo mix also mixes in all system sounds, including beeps, etc.
I have the ...
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Did a recent WinXP update break CD/DVD read speeds? SP2/SP3
I have two systems with fresh installations of Windows XP Pro SP3 (SP3 slipstreamed into the installer; fully updated after install). One's a refurbished 2.4GHz Pentium4 system; the other is a new 1....
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Recover badly recorded DVDs
A few years ago (2003-2005) I bought a Sony USB external DVD recorder for my Dell laptop and I used it to burn a lot of discs. Much later, when I tried to use one of these discs, I realised that I ...
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My system powers down when I insert a disk into my drive
I have a problem.
My system is powered off when i insert disk on my drive. Some time it working.
I replaced the drive but same problem.
Will it be a SMBS problem? What i have to check?
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Slot load DVD burner options for standard desktop case
I need a new DVD burner (internal) for my father-in-law's computer. He's apparently broken the current one - he forgot to push the tray back in after doing something and hit it with his chair.
Given ...
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How to Add/Remove Options from Auto-Play Dialog when Inserting a CD/DVD?
When I insert a blank CD, it gives me every option except the one I want (burn disc with Nero). How do I control what appears on this auto-play dialog? I have Windows XP 64-bit edition.
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