drivers for dvd-rom missing can you help?

[ranger]

hi my dvd -rom wont play when i put a cd in , it tells me that the (sonydvd-romddu1615) is missing on my dell pc , i have tryed the dell eweb page for the driver , but with no luck , i have search the web , for it , but when i find it , i have to download a driver repair program. thats scann the pc , and then wants me to pay for it , it there anywere that i can download this missing driver, (sonydvd-romddu1615) thanks fro your time and help .. ranger

[MasterMick1]

driver repair update

click on start then go to controle panel, if you are using xp then double click on system then click on the tab called hardware in there you will see device manager click on that, in there you will see a drop dop down option to your dvd/cd rom drive right click over the dvd/cd rom drive and select update then follow the instructions. Bare in mind to select the look online for update option when it appears. Hope this helps.

[ruudvandan]

click on start then go to controle panel, if you are using xp then double click on system then click on the tab called hardware in there you will see device manager click on that, in there you will see a drop dop down option to your dvd/cd rom drive right click over the dvd/cd rom drive and select update then follow the instructions. Bare in mind to select the look online for update option when it appears. Hope this helps.

if that doesn't work, select the remove this piece of hardware option, then rescan for hardware changes. This should pick it up and install it automatically. DVD drives dont need specialst drivers, they use the standard windows drivers. The only exception being for Lightscribe.

[ranger]

i tryed what you said , and thanks for your answer but still not working it has x throught it in the deivice manager, tryrd to update the drivers , it said cant find better match than the one i have ? but i dont have any , thanks again for your help ....

[dasteph]

i tryed what you said , and thanks for your answer but still not working it has x throught it in the deivice manager, tryrd to update the drivers , it said cant find better match than the one i have ? but i dont have any , thanks again for your help ....

drivers for disk drives are part of your o/s and if it shows in device manager then your pc knows its there.
check in my computer and make sure it has been assigned a drive letter.

[Reapers]

try this

microsoft detect problems on the drive then fix them if possible.

for windows xp and vista

*use when Internet Explorer or a compatible broswer microsoft software might not support the browser*

click run now.

Your CD or DVD drive cannot read or write media

for windows 7

Your CD or DVD drive cannot read or write media

[ranger]

cd/dvd driver

hi all thanks for all your help , i down loaded the fix it" program , ran it , it found the problem , but could nto fix the problem, thanks again , ranger.....

[rabadab]

try system restore to a time when it worked

[pomponian]

you could try removing ide lead the dvd drive, reboot system then switch off system,reconnect ide lead, restart system. this normaly works for me