Hi people NEED some help if you can, I've been having problems with my DVD drive where it stopped functioning I could run normal data discs games etc but not DVDs (very similar to someone else's post). With "help" from the Microsoft website I backed up my registry through 'systempropertiesprotection' and then went into 'regedit' to delete UPPER and lower filters. Only the lower filter was there so I removed that and restarted. The DVD drive then took a complete nose dive and stopped functioning. So I attempted to restore the registry and everything works fine until it reboots then it has an 'unknown error, unable to restore' message. I have managed to get partial use back out of the drive but it is in no way working PROPERLY. I scoured Microsoft help online and left some choice messages with them but.. well I'm stuck. Anybody can help please. Thanks in advance.Is the drive listed in Windows Explorer, and Device Manager?Yeah the drive is still listed. But won't play DVD's anymore. I think it's died!XP doesn't come with a DVD codec, btw.using Vista. pro home 36Did it play DVDs before? Does it play CDs? How old is the drive?The drive is 1yr 3mths old... I't kind of plays cd's but not the way it use to.. does that make sense? It takes twice as long and then asks me what programme I should use. The hard drive runs for ages and then the message comes up. Cheers Broni your advice is appreciated.It really sounds like failing drive.
New one goes for about 30 bucks.Yeah I think it's had it's DAY. I have burnt about 200 dvd's on it. Is there a LIFE on how many burns you can do?No.Yeah. Optical drives are totally unpredictable. Probably the worst computer part...LOL