The driver is already included in the XP operating system, and is built into the drive.
There is no stand alone driver.
In case the computer no longer recognizes the disk in the drive:
left click start in the lower left hand of the screen
left click run
type regedit
left click OK
Now the registry editor will come up
double left click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
double left click on SYSTEM
double left click on CurrentControlSet
double left click on Control
double left click on Class
double left click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
look on the right side of the window for upper filters
right click on upper filters
left click delete
windows will then ask you to confirm deletion
click yes
look on the right side of the window for lower filters
if you do not see lower filters, you may be out of luck on this one.
right click on lower filters
left click on delete
windows will then ask to confirm deletion
click yes
Close all the windows that are open
restart the computer

 

vimalkandasamy

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Hi,

i already tried these things. still its not reading many dvds. its recognize very few dvds. actually i got this toshiba satellite laptop with vista.there was no problem with dvd drive on that time.due to some problem i removed vista and installed xp.but after that dvd drive is reading very few dvds. its not reading the data dvds and also i m not able to burn a dvd using nero.
 

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Hello,

my laptop shows identical symptoms. Did you find a solution ?

Best regaqrds,

Josh