It about my drive

Discussion in 'DVD / Blu-ray drives' started by bentleyGT, Jun 30, 2005.

  1. bentleyGT

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    My hp cd writer dosent work.I have windows media player and when I try to play a dvd or cd it wont do it
     
    bentleyGT, Jun 30, 2005
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    try using a cd/dvd disk cleaner. i presume windows sees the drive ok except for playing correct??
     
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  3. bentleyGT

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    windows media says that the cd drive could not be detected
     
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    does windows see the drive? check in device manager to see if there is an exclamation mark there
     
    ddp, Jun 30, 2005
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  5. bentleyGT

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    where is the device manager found
     
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    control panel/system
     
    ddp, Jun 30, 2005
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  7. bentleyGT

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    theres a exclamation mark there.how can I fix it
     
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    where in the device manager is the exclamation mark??
     
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  9. bentleyGT

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    its on opterite cd-rw cw5201
     
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    uninstall the drive from device manager, restart windows so it can load its driver
     
    ddp, Jul 1, 2005
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  11. bentleyGT

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    it didnt work
     
    bentleyGT, Jul 1, 2005
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    does it come up with an error code??
     
    ddp, Jul 4, 2005
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  13. bentleyGT

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    my computer freezes when i unistall it
     
    bentleyGT, Jul 4, 2005
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    try in safemode to uninstall the drive
     
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