Invalid access to memory location (Solved)

I've been sent a DVDr of a home movie from Cyprus (not sure if the location matters). Ive tried the CD in my PC's DVD player. However, the CD does not autoplay and when I try to explore the CD I get the message
D:\ is not accessible
invalid access to memory location

I've been assured that the CD should work in a DVD player. I've also tried it in my Playstation 3 but that also does not recognise the DVD.

Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks

 

I'm a little confused. First you say you were sent a DVDr. Isn't that a DVD? then you say you tried the CD in your PC and it won't play? Which is it? A DVD or a CD?

if your disk came from outside your continent it may factor in that you can't play it on your regional drive in your computer.

USA is Region 1 ... Greece is Region 2 and if your disk is from Cyprus, Greece then it's Region 2 that won't play in a Region 1 player/drive. Try using AnyDVD to make it region free and see if you can play it or explore the files to it!

 

Its a DVDr, I was generalising when refering to it as a CD.

I don't think it's the region codeing as I'm un the UK and use the same region code as cyprus. Also if it had a different region code, the DVD player on the PC would prompt me to change the region code on the player. I'll try anydvd.

Any more help is appreciated, thanks for the prompt reply IHoe

 

usually when a drive is NOT accessible it means that the drive can't read the disk. there are many reasons why a drive can't read a disk.

1. writing speed
2. crappy media
3. writing too close to the edge of the disk
4. the disk is too new for the drive to read it! the drive might need a firmware update to read the disk.

my guess is it's crappy media and the drive can't read it properly because it was written too fast. This makes writing errors and that leads to reading errors. Just my guess... but usually this is the case. Try another computer to read the disk. Does it play on your home/stand-alone DVD player?

 

Thanks very much for your help IHoe. Although The drive and the DVD software installed did not read the disk, for some bizare reason DVDfab did. I managed to rip the DVD using DVDfab.

Thanks again for your time and help!