DVD drive is not playing DVD

"Nutty" wrote in message
...

Tell me, would
the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light
showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad
drive.

This is not a safe assumption. The light merely tells
you something is trying to read data on the drive. The
light cannot tell you whether it reads anything OK, or
that the drive is undamaged and working OK.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Another thing to try is to remove the storage controller in
setttings/system/device manager tab/hard disk controllers. Reboot.
If you had the PC open recently or moved the PC to a different place, unplug
and reconnect both the power and ide ribbon cable connectors on the DVD
drive.
If you have a 98 startup disk, boot with cdrom support. Insert a known
working CD (not DVD). Check the D: drive by typing in "D:", hit the
return key. Type in "dir". It should return with data lising the content
of the root of the directory structure. If not, its probably hardware
associated. If it does, its a windows problem.

"Nutty" wrote in message
...
On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the little
light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have
something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the DVD
is
not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing a
"retry" that never works. Help. What is going on?
Thanks,
Nutty

Another thing to try is to remove the storage controller in
setttings/system/device manager tab/hard disk controllers. Reboot.
If you had the PC open recently or moved the PC to a different place, unplug
and reconnect both the power and ide ribbon cable connectors on the DVD
drive.
If you have a 98 startup disk, boot with cdrom support. Insert a known
working CD (not DVD). Check the D: drive by typing in "D:", hit the
return key. Type in "dir". It should return with data lising the content
of the root of the directory structure. If not, its probably hardware
associated. If it does, its a windows problem.

"Nutty" wrote in message
...
On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the little
light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have
something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the DVD
is
not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing a
"retry" that never works. Help. What is going on?
Thanks,
Nutty

Nutty wrote:
On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the
little light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I
have something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see
the DVD is not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps
me doing a "retry" that never works. Help. What is going on?

Tried removing it in Device manager and rebooting?

--
dadiOH
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Nutty wrote:
On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the
little light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I
have something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see
the DVD is not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps
me doing a "retry" that never works. Help. What is going on?

Tried removing it in Device manager and rebooting?

--
dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

Nope, that's an incorrect assumption. The light flickering means that
something's trying to access the drive, not that it's succeeding. If the
head is dirty then it will try but fail and that's why the light may be
flashing on and off as it re-tries to read the disc.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
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"Nutty" wrote in message
...
Been up to date on all those spyware/adware programs. No smoking here.
Dust yes. But hopefully not too much. The other CD-RW drive works fine.
I had been trying to use the Computer drive cleaner. Will have to get the
plain CD one as suggested but I fear that will not do it. Tell me, would
the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light
showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad
drive.
Thanks,
Nutty
"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
Try cleaning the drive with an audio CD cleaning disc - one made for a CD
player, not one of the fancy "computer/multimedia" cleaning discs; since
your computer is not recognizing discs you'll only be wasting your money.
If your computer is in an environment that has lots of pet dander, smoke
or
dust you may want to clean it two or three times following the
instructions
on the disc. Once it's cleaned, try a couple discs. If they still
aren't
recognized then you may have a faulty drive that needs to be replaced.

I have had a couple reports of spyware/adware infestations interfering
with
a CD or DVD drive so you may want to peek at
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm for some tools to scan for
infections.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Nutty" wrote in message
...
Yes, it is a DVD drive. And it doesn't recognize CDs either. I
should've
stated that. Each time the yellow light flickers for probably a full
minute, but it never "takes". The CD is never recognized.
Thanks,
Nutty
"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
Is this a data DVD or a movie DVD? Does the drive recognize CDs? Is
the
drive in fact a DVD drive?

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Nutty" wrote in message
...
On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the
little
light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have
something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the
DVD
is
not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing
a
"retry" that never works. Help. What is going on?
Thanks,
Nutty

Nope, that's an incorrect assumption. The light flickering means that
something's trying to access the drive, not that it's succeeding. If the
head is dirty then it will try but fail and that's why the light may be
flashing on and off as it re-tries to read the disc.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Nutty" wrote in message
...
Been up to date on all those spyware/adware programs. No smoking here.
Dust yes. But hopefully not too much. The other CD-RW drive works fine.
I had been trying to use the Computer drive cleaner. Will have to get the
plain CD one as suggested but I fear that will not do it. Tell me, would
the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light
showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad
drive.
Thanks,
Nutty
"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
Try cleaning the drive with an audio CD cleaning disc - one made for a CD
player, not one of the fancy "computer/multimedia" cleaning discs; since
your computer is not recognizing discs you'll only be wasting your money.
If your computer is in an environment that has lots of pet dander, smoke
or
dust you may want to clean it two or three times following the
instructions
on the disc. Once it's cleaned, try a couple discs. If they still
aren't
recognized then you may have a faulty drive that needs to be replaced.

I have had a couple reports of spyware/adware infestations interfering
with
a CD or DVD drive so you may want to peek at
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm for some tools to scan for
infections.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Nutty" wrote in message
...
Yes, it is a DVD drive. And it doesn't recognize CDs either. I
should've
stated that. Each time the yellow light flickers for probably a full
minute, but it never "takes". The CD is never recognized.
Thanks,
Nutty
"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
Is this a data DVD or a movie DVD? Does the drive recognize CDs? Is
the
drive in fact a DVD drive?

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Nutty" wrote in message
...
On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the
little
light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have
something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the
DVD
is
not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing
a
"retry" that never works. Help. What is going on?
Thanks,
Nutty

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
...
"Nutty" wrote in message
...

Tell me, would
the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light
showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad
drive.

This is not a safe assumption. The light merely tells
you something is trying to read data on the drive. The
light cannot tell you whether it reads anything OK, or
that the drive is undamaged and working OK.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


Thanks for this information. I have tried many things. Guess I just need a
new DVD drive if I want to be bothered. I can just use my CD-RW drive
anyway. The DVD drive is just so much fluff. Rarely used it anyway. But
it's always nice to have access to what you have.
:-)
Nutty

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
...
"Nutty" wrote in message
...

Tell me, would
the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light
showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad
drive.

This is not a safe assumption. The light merely tells
you something is trying to read data on the drive. The
light cannot tell you whether it reads anything OK, or
that the drive is undamaged and working OK.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


Thanks for this information. I have tried many things. Guess I just need a
new DVD drive if I want to be bothered. I can just use my CD-RW drive
anyway. The DVD drive is just so much fluff. Rarely used it anyway. But
it's always nice to have access to what you have.
:-)
Nutty

Thanks for explaining these things to me.
Nutty
"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
Nope, that's an incorrect assumption. The light flickering means that
something's trying to access the drive, not that it's succeeding. If the
head is dirty then it will try but fail and that's why the light may be
flashing on and off as it re-tries to read the disc.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Nutty" wrote in message
...
Been up to date on all those spyware/adware programs. No smoking here.
Dust yes. But hopefully not too much. The other CD-RW drive works
fine.
I had been trying to use the Computer drive cleaner. Will have to get
the
plain CD one as suggested but I fear that will not do it. Tell me,
would
the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light
showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad
drive.
Thanks,
Nutty
"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
Try cleaning the drive with an audio CD cleaning disc - one made for a
CD
player, not one of the fancy "computer/multimedia" cleaning discs;
since
your computer is not recognizing discs you'll only be wasting your
money.
If your computer is in an environment that has lots of pet dander,
smoke
or
dust you may want to clean it two or three times following the
instructions
on the disc. Once it's cleaned, try a couple discs. If they still
aren't
recognized then you may have a faulty drive that needs to be replaced.

I have had a couple reports of spyware/adware infestations interfering
with
a CD or DVD drive so you may want to peek at
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm for some tools to scan for
infections.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Nutty" wrote in message
...
Yes, it is a DVD drive. And it doesn't recognize CDs either. I
should've
stated that. Each time the yellow light flickers for probably a full
minute, but it never "takes". The CD is never recognized.
Thanks,
Nutty
"Richard G. Harper" wrote in message
...
Is this a data DVD or a movie DVD? Does the drive recognize CDs?
Is
the
drive in fact a DVD drive?

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Nutty" wrote in message
...
On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the
little
light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I
have
something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see
the
DVD
is
not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing
a
"retry" that never works. Help. What is going on?
Thanks,
Nutty