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- Don't make assumptions when giving phone support
- During a brief visit to my hometown recently, I built a computer for one of my brothers. Actually, I instructed him on how to build it, since I wanted him to have a better understanding of his own computer. He and I went to the local computer mega-store armed with...
- Tags: DVD-drive, Phone, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, Productivity, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Joe Rosberg
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Two ways to circumvent the DVD drive requirement for installing Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 installations from media are only available on DVD. If you want to install Windows Server 2008 on a capable system without a DVD drive or boot from USB capability, installation may seem to be an obstacle. Here are two tricks for getting around this requirement. Trick...
- Tags: DVD-drive, Microsoft Windows Server, Environment, Network Resource, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Rick Vanover
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- DVD drive "stuck"
- I have Vista and a Pioneer A09 DVD Burner and it is currently stuck with the last CD I inserted (Office 10) so whether there is a disc in the drive or none at all or the drive is open, all it says in explorer is D: Office...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, riveraam@..., Mobo, DVD-drive
- Discussion threads 2007-11-20
- DVD Drive not reading disc.
- I recently bought Morrowind and it says its a DVD-ROM compatable only.My hard drive says it is compatable with DVD-ROMS. And despite it being a dual drive thing, there is a seperate I: Drive in My Computer, which is alledgedly my DVD Driver.However, when I put the disc in nothing...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Lukehill420@..., DVD, disc, DVD-drive, hard drive, optical drive
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- DVD drives show up as CD drives when DVD discs are in them.
- I have two DVD drives an NEC DVD+/-RW ND3530A and an HP DVD Writer 640c. Both drives appear as DVD drives in Windows Explorer until you put a DVD disc in them when they turn into/show up as CD-ROM drives.I've "uninstalled" them using Device Manager, scanned for hardware changes and...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, OnTheRopes, CD, DVD-drive, CD-ROM drive, disc, DVD disc, DVD
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- DVD drive shows as cd rom drive
- My DVD drive shows in the root directory as a cd drive when I insert a DVD. When the PC first boots it shows as a DVD drive. If I put in a disk it just spins continuously. I have read in several places Roxio can cause problems but I...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, CD-ROM, squash1909@..., DVD-drive, CD-ROM drive
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- DVD drive is unrecognizeable - dell inspirion 6000
- Hi,Very recently I noticed that my DVD drive is unrecognizable. I tried CDs, DVDs but it does not recognize D:/ driveDVD Drive. I have updated the latest DVD drivers by downloading from DELL but still no luck.I have windows XP professional,DELL model - Inspirion 6000Any help is greatly appreciated.ThanksDSI have...
- Tags: deepaksi@..., DVD-drive
- Discussion threads 2007-11-02
- Asus DVD Drive problems
- OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 32-bitDVD Drive: ASUS DRW-1608P3SThe dvd drive in my computer isn't working correctly. I put a disc (cd, or dvd) in, and it will not autoplay or show up in My Computer that a disc has been put in.The icon for the dvd drive doesn't change...
- Tags: daniel.searle@..., DVD-drive, disc, ASUS
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- DVD-RW is not working properly
- Hi i have Dell dimension 1100. I replaced my CD-drive with my sister's DVD-drive. But is there a program where I have to install for the DVD drive to work? my computer doesn't detect the DVD-drive and ever since I put in the new drive my computer is VERY SLOW.You've...
- Tags: pennyvang@..., DVD-RW, DVD-drive, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-04
- Hard drive boot error... BIOS problem?
- I recently had a problem with a computer in which XP Pro gave a random BSOD and then rebooted. Eventually the drive stopped booting and gave a "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" error. I booted up my XP CD and ran "fixboot" and "fixmbr"...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, motherboard, wikid_one@..., DVD-drive, hard drive, disk, computer, BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-09-30
- Order of drives
- Hi,My laptop came with one harddisk and a DVD drive. These were initially C and D drives.I later used a partition software and made 3 partitions out of my single harddisk. I meant to have these as C: original drive, D:, and E: Drives. I wanted the DVD drive to...
- Tags: michelle.morland@..., DVD-drive
- Discussion threads 2007-09-15
- DVD Drive
- My disc drive was working last week but then this week it has not been working. I put an audio disc in there or a really small megabite game and it works but if i try to play a big game like World of Warcraft or the sims it just...
- Tags: fifthscarp@..., disc, DVD-drive
- Discussion threads 2007-08-30
- DVD Drive not wokring anymore
- I used my new laptop on a road trip to watch a DVD on the ride. Since then I have tried to match a movie and put in a CD to upload. Not only does my computer not recognize either of the discs but when I go to...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, catiecurtis@..., DVD-drive
- Discussion threads 2007-08-26
- My DVD Drive Slows down my Computer When It's Connected as Primary Master
- Hello guys, i have a problem with my pc that started about a week ago, whenever i tried to access my dvds/cds or burn new copies my entire system slows down to a crawl. Initially, my dvd drive is connected as master device on the primary IDE channel, the second...
- Tags: Serial ATA, joneski25@..., Connected Corp., computer, DVD-drive
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- my dvd drives dont work
- all my dvd drives including my external usb drive and virtual drives dont work or show up in my computer. they all have little yellow blips beside saying driver problems. any input would be helpful ive tried new drivers but that doesnt work
- Tags: m_langenberg1@..., DVD-drive
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- DVD drive doesn't read store purchased movies
- About three weeks ago my DVD drive stop reading only store purchased dvds. There is no problem reading dvd-r/+r, dvd-/+ dl, cdcs, games, and softwares dvd. I called HP support and did everything what I was told but problem is still there. Please any ideas.Change your dvd movie store...That might...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, raukovic2001@..., DVD, DVD-drive
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- Missing DVD-drive on HP laptop
- My DVD-drive went suddently went missing after I had restored my system from the HD via the built-in restoration-tool. Now I've tried looking after those upper- and lowerfilter in Regedit, but there isn't any specified for my DVD-drive. I am all out, any help will would be appreciatedSystem specs:Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Hewlett-Packard Co., innoendu@..., laptop computer, DVD-drive
- Discussion threads 2007-07-24
- both dvd drives will only read one dvd after computer boots
- I installed movie clone 3gold and it never worked. after installing, both dvd drives will only read the first disk installed after the computer boots. I can take out the disk and the drive still thinks it is in until I re-boot. I have un-installed mc3 since but the drives...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, shocor36@..., computer boot, DVD-drive, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-07-12
- Problem with both my CD and DVD drives
- I have a Dell computer with which I am experiencing problems. I have a CD drive (D:) and a CD-RW/DVD drive (E:). I was trying to load new software the other day and I could not access either drive. I am using Windows XP. I restored...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, DVD-drive, wvared@..., disk, CD, E, software
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- Problem with both the CD and DVD drives
- I have a Dell computer with which I am experiencing problems. I have a CD drive (D:) and a CD-RW/DVD drive (E:). I was trying to load new software the other day and I could not access either drive. I am using Windows XP. I restored my system to an...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, DVD-drive, wvared@..., disk, CD, E, software
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
