DVD drive won't read CD's

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Hi WeeClareBear

1st Link:- Something for you to read, its seems your not alone.
2nd Link:- Drivers page for your product.

Hope this helps.

http://castlecops.com/postx62888-0-0.html

http://www.toshiba-europe.com/stor [...] el=SDC2502


"WeeClareBear" <WeeClareBear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My dell laptop Inspiron 2600 which has Toshiba DVD drive will only play
> DVD's. When I insert a CD, it tries to load, but eventually stops. When I
> go
> to "my computer" and try to explore the CD, I get the following error
> message, " Windows cannot read from this disk. The disk maybe be
> corrupted,
> or it could be using a format that is not compatable with windows". This
> message comes up no matter what CD I put in. Its a real pain, as I can't
> install anything, I can't even reinstall windows from my CD to see if that
> helps. I am using XP home edition, and the DVD drive is a Toshiba DVD-ROM
> SD-C2502. Can you please help, I am totally lost as to what to do.
>
> Thanks Donal