Drivers

[jasbo7]

Hope someone can help here my daughters lappy will not play DVD's or CD's, she's on vista and about 18 months old. thanks in advance

[cunny]

is the drive still visiable in my computer or device manager?

[dasteph]

Hope someone can help here my daughters lappy will not play DVD's or CD's, she's on vista and about 18 months old. thanks in advance

if its visible and it played them before you may have romoved the codecs by mistake in which case you will have to reinstall them.

[berley]

If it is codecs I've used this site before for the same problem

Download Vista Codec Package 5.4.0 - With this package installed, you shouldn't need to install any other codec or filter - Softpedia

[cunny]

Or here

Free-Codecs.com : Download K-Lite Codec Pack 5.0.5 FULL, K-Lite Codec Pack 5.0.5 STANDARD, K-Lite Codec Pack 5.0.5 BASIC : K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools

[jasbo7]

cheers guy's will try this and get back to you

[maca]

i had exactly same prolems thnx all i will also give this a go.. maca..

[jasbo7]

Ok Guy's tried the codec thing but when you load a dvd it does not show that there is anything in the dvd drive

[dasteph]

Ok Guy's tried the codec thing but when you load a dvd it does not show that there is anything in the dvd drive

did it play DVD/CD before and now when you go to my computer the drive shows no disc in it.

[nevovx]

did it play DVD/CD before and now when you go to my computer the drive shows no disc in it.

Can you please confirm the below;

Drive Read CD/CDR discs
Drive reads DVD/R discs but not movies.
Drive doesnt read any cds or DVDS
The DVD/R works in another computer.
Can you see the files in the DVD/R when you go my computer, etc etc...

As with all problems you have to create a list of possibilities and start testing to be able to find the problem.

[maca]

Ok Guy's tried the codec thing but when you load a dvd it does not show that there is anything in the dvd drive

try this jasbo worked a treat for me m8
Your CD drive or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs