dvd and cd-rom won't recognize

[MrHappy]

i have two systems running xp home and xp pro. i am having trouble with
cd-rom drives and dvd drives. half of the time the cd won't recognize. i can
never get a dvd to recognize. everthing worked well before, sometime in the
recent past. between the two systems, i have three drives that work
sometimes. data disks seem to be ok. music disks are 50/50, dvd's are out.
it seems real strange that i have trouble with three drives at the same time.

system restore has done nothing to help me.
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[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

For a Video DVD to be recognized, you must have DVD decoding software
installed, such as PowerDVD and/or WinDVD.

When was the last time you run a cleaning kit on each optical drive..... and
remember the drive does fail after a while. They are getting better, in the
old days of Windows 9x, I never had an optical drive last much more than 12
months or so, but I've had my Pioneer A08 for about 16 months and so far so
good.
--
Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/Windows


"MrHappy" > wrote in message
...
>i have two systems running xp home and xp pro. i am having trouble with
> cd-rom drives and dvd drives. half of the time the cd won't recognize. i
> can
> never get a dvd to recognize. everthing worked well before, sometime in
> the
> recent past. between the two systems, i have three drives that work
> sometimes. data disks seem to be ok. music disks are 50/50, dvd's are out.
> it seems real strange that i have trouble with three drives at the same
> time.
>
> system restore has done nothing to help me.
> --
>

[pattyj]

who are you people? Isn't it illegal to use my computor to communicate. And
who is giving out my email,
"MrHappy" > wrote in message
...
>i have two systems running xp home and xp pro. i am having trouble with
> cd-rom drives and dvd drives. half of the time the cd won't recognize. i
> can
> never get a dvd to recognize. everthing worked well before, sometime in
> the
> recent past. between the two systems, i have three drives that work
> sometimes. data disks seem to be ok. music disks are 50/50, dvd's are out.
> it seems real strange that i have trouble with three drives at the same
> time.
>
> system restore has done nothing to help me.
> --
>
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

You are giving out your own email!

--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows



"pattyj" > wrote in message
...
>
> who are you people? Isn't it illegal to use my computor to communicate.
> And who is giving out my email,
> "MrHappy" > wrote in message
> ...
>>i have two systems running xp home and xp pro. i am having trouble with
>> cd-rom drives and dvd drives. half of the time the cd won't recognize. i
>> can
>> never get a dvd to recognize. everthing worked well before, sometime in
>> the
>> recent past. between the two systems, i have three drives that work
>> sometimes. data disks seem to be ok. music disks are 50/50, dvd's are
>> out.
>> it seems real strange that i have trouble with three drives at the same
>> time.
>>
>> system restore has done nothing to help me.
>> --
>>
>>
>
>
>

[decoder]

"pattyj" > wrote in message
...
>
> who are you people? Isn't it illegal to use my computor to communicate.
> And who is giving out my email,


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