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11-08-2003, 05:53 AM
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DVD-ROM Drive not recognised by WindowsXP
I installed WindowsXP Pro on a friends computer but have a problem with their installed Samsung DVD-ROM Drive.
Although the BIOS recognises the drive as a DVD-ROM drive as soon as WindowsXP Pro boots it only recognises it as a CD-ROM drive (it says CD-Drive in my "My Computer"). It refuses to recognise DVD-ROM's and will not play movies using PowerDVD although CD's work fine. Strangely the System Properties though correctly identifies it as a "SAMSUNG DVD-ROM DRIVE". Any ideas?
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11-08-2003, 10:10 AM
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Most of the time this is a bad drive. Try it in another computer to verify.
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11-08-2003, 10:14 AM
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That's what I thought GLC, thanks.
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11-09-2003, 08:13 PM
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I had the same problem with my Samsung DVD. Turns out the drive was bad, had it replaced, and now everything works fine.
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