Can't Read DVD.... most times

[bz_sleeping]

I'm having trouble reading/playing DVDs on my DVD-Rom. I have an old DVD-Rom (Toshiba SD-M1612). CD's work fine but when I put in a DVD, the yellow light on the device remains on forever. When I try to manually view the properties on the DVD, I get this message:

"Windows cannot read from this disk. The Disk might be corrupted, or it could be using a format that is not compatible with Windows."

Now here's the twist, this happens MOST of the time but sometimes, it does work. And if it does work, it happens regardless of the DVD that I put in.

Thank you.

 

[HammerBot]

How old is this drive? It sounds like you have dust on the lense. You could try a CD cleaner disk, although I don't trust them that much. I usually disassemble the drive and clean the lense manually.

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[Rob423]

Try maybe a FIRMWARE upgrade........sometimes old stuff will have a firmware upgrade that will allow the drive to Recognize more types of Discs... are you talking about regular Commercial Store bought DVD's are Backups...

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[WingDing]

Why not just get a new drive? They're as cheap as hell now.

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