What should I do ? Any suggestions

7/21/2008 7:01:51 PM

let's get "What's a labtop?" out of the way

now

can you tell us a little more about the problem? What OS, what program do you use to play movies, etc.

7/21/2008 7:02:55 PM

Vista.
Windows Media center.

7/21/2008 7:05:58 PM

does it give you an error or does it just not do anything

7/21/2008 7:07:06 PM

It doesnt read it.
I click on the DVD RW DRIVE E and it tells me to insert a disk

7/21/2008 7:11:57 PM

does it play / recognize regular cds?

7/21/2008 7:13:48 PM

yes. it reads normal cds. I can also copy music cds.

7/21/2008 7:15:19 PM

and it's done this with more than one dvd?

7/21/2008 7:18:08 PM

yes. I have tried 2 blockbuster movies

7/21/2008 7:19:54 PM

hum are you sure it ever read dvd's?

7/21/2008 7:40:00 PM

This happened to my laptop a couple months ago. The drive hit it's expiration date, got a new one. You can try to rollback/update the driver, and I have heard that nero or roxio services can cause problems like this.

7/21/2008 10:53:15 PM

do you have a decoder?

7/22/2008 12:19:40 AM

Quote :

"let's get "What's a labtop?" out of the way"

1. labtop A word that inexperienced college freshmen (most often girls) call their new laptops.

7/22/2008 11:57:23 AM