Re: DVD drives don't work
All right first you try your external USB DVD drive on another computer and verify if it is working fine..if same problem occurs,it may be because of some internal damage, you can try an clean up disc which is available in market to clean your laser reader,else may be your laser reader having problems,some times you must need to replace it if you are running under warranty approach your dealer
Re: DVD drives don't work
Fabian,
Thank you for the reply.
While I haven't tried it in another computer I can tell you that most DVDs I've tried are brand new. Thats actually why I got the drive. I don't own a television but I had several new DVDs that I wasn't able to reliably watch due to my tempermental drive. Last night when I wrote the above I was trying it in Media Center and it would read it but slowly. This was in some sort of a pop up screen separate from the actual Media Center console. When I tried to open it in the Media Center Console, magic once again happened and it worked. Its not the media and its not the hardware. This leaves the software. Any ideas?
Unfortunately, my dealer was Circuit City so not much chance of getting help from them.