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Post by songbird11 on Aug 3, 2008 11:24:51 GMT -5
ok i've got a problem my cd drive (E:) wont open for me to put a disc in,on my screen where you can see the arrow the egg timer keeps flashing? also dvds dont play on my pc,i put a dvd into my (D) drive my windows media player comes on then it says cannot be played,no matter what dvd i put in to play? i usually watch my dvds on my dvd player but i thought i'd watch one on here earlier but i had no luck. can anyone here help?  |
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Post by MEANSTREAK on Aug 4, 2008 15:38:50 GMT -5
does it open after you do a restart?
Also what is the message it says when it won't play DVD's? Does it say you need a codec?
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Post by songbird11 on Aug 5, 2008 5:31:25 GMT -5
ok i restarted it but no luck so i just restored & it's still the same? the thing is it's been ok since i've had this comp,it was few days ago when it wouldn't open,all i remember is i have ABG i selected areas to scan so i selected a,d & e drive to scan i think it was after that when it wouldn't open,scanning shouldn't do that right?
i'll have to look into the dvd thing when i get home from work
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Post by songbird11 on Aug 5, 2008 14:58:55 GMT -5
ok i went onto AVG i went to scan selected areas,i clicke don scan E drive,after 20 seconds it said cannot open;not checked
also i went onto windows media player i clicked on rip then on left side it sayd d drive & e drive .... well next to e drive it says
blank disc (E)
no disc (d)
so there's a cd in there,it cant be stuck??? i wish i knew what to do.
i also went to my computer then right clicked on eject for (e) drive but nothing happened,it's gotta be something simple though
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Post by $ilvers on Aug 5, 2008 15:47:16 GMT -5
stick a paperclip into the whole in the front of your cd drive, it should then pop out - and you can see if theres something inside.
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Post by songbird11 on Aug 5, 2008 17:34:31 GMT -5
stick a paperclip into the whole in the front of your cd drive, it should then pop out - and you can see if theres something inside. ok just done that & there's no disc inside,i hope it wont damage it anymore now i've opened it,i deleted spyware doctor on sunday,that couldn't have been anything to do with it could it? im sure this happened last month then somehow it just went ok i really cant remember what i could've done to have fixed it. i have nero startsmart which i use to burn cds,anyway i clicked on make audio cd,i clicked on a random track,then when i clicked onto next the e drive option weren't there? for me to burn a disc so obviously i might need to install something?? i'd really appreciate any more help |
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Post by eva on Aug 6, 2008 10:01:49 GMT -5
the E: drive sounds like a hardware problem
the dvd thing might be a codec issue like meanstreak said
if they are both in the same IDE channel it could be the cable.
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Post by songbird11 on Aug 6, 2008 14:15:41 GMT -5
the E: drive sounds like a hardware problem the dvd thing might be a codec issue like meanstreak said if they are both in the same IDE channel it could be the cable. when i clicked onto windows media player,i clicked on burn at top of the screen & on top far right side it says connect a burner & restart the player i've tried everything  |
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Post by eva on Aug 6, 2008 14:31:04 GMT -5
go to the device manager and check if it's there listed as cd-rom/cdrw or something like that and if it has a yellow symbol next to it
did you check if the setup sees it?
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Post by songbird11 on Aug 9, 2008 18:50:06 GMT -5
go to the device manager and check if it's there listed as cd-rom/cdrw or something like that and if it has a yellow symbol next to it did you check if the setup sees it? sorry for late reply & yeah i did check few days ago but it's not there,i aint gotta clue  |
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Post by eva on Aug 10, 2008 10:48:56 GMT -5
then it's seems it's a hardware problem.... try with a different IDE cable
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Post by $ilvers on Aug 10, 2008 11:09:15 GMT -5
if its the first time you've used a DVD in your other drive, you may need to select a region in device manager, it should match the DVD that you are trying to play, but you can only change this 5 times in your DVD Drives lifetime. Try using another program such as VLC to play DVDs
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