DVD ROM doesn't read DVDs?

pivoxa15 · 12-04-2006, 09:05 AM

I have a Tashiba laptop which in the disk opening reads CD-ROM and also DVD R/RW. But when I try to open a DVD+RW I have inserted, it doesn't read it. It just keeps on 'thinking' by making sounds of reading the DVD but not doing anything. However, it does play DVD movies. The DVD+RW disk dosen't have movies only other types of files I have copied onto.

Do I need to install a software so that it will read DVDs which are not movies? Strangely it does read a DVD+R disk.

jjsevdt · 12-04-2006, 07:02 PM

HAve you tried DVD-R disks? Please post the model number of your drive. It may not be a +R drive so it may only read -R discs.

Is the disk blank?

renjith · 05-22-2008, 08:45 PM

the issue shud be with the dvd's and not with the drive. try using the same dvd's in another drive. also check for any scratches on the dv disc.

12-04-2006, 09:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
pivoxa15 New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 12	DVD ROM doesn't read DVDs? I have a Tashiba laptop which in the disk opening reads CD-ROM and also DVD R/RW. But when I try to open a DVD+RW I have inserted, it doesn't read it. It just keeps on 'thinking' by making sounds of reading the DVD but not doing anything. However, it does play DVD movies. The DVD+RW disk dosen't have movies only other types of files I have copied onto. Do I need to install a software so that it will read DVDs which are not movies? Strangely it does read a DVD+R disk. Last edited by pivoxa15; 12-04-2006 at 11:54 AM.

12-04-2006, 07:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,025	HAve you tried DVD-R disks? Please post the model number of your drive. It may not be a +R drive so it may only read -R discs. Is the disk blank? __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA 2GB DDR2 533 1 - 80GB \| 1 - 60GB BFG Nvidia 7600GS Soundblaster Audigy PSN: JjSeVdT XBOX Live: JjSeVdT

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05-22-2008, 08:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
renjith New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 15	the issue shud be with the dvd's and not with the drive. try using the same dvd's in another drive. also check for any scratches on the dv disc.