[hellrider5]

Hello, my name is David. I have a ATAPI DVD W DH16W1P ATA Device
DVD drive in my computer. My main problem here is I am trying to view a DVD on my computer. The problem is my drive wont detect it. The odd thing is it is only this set of DVDs. I can play other sets just fine. Another odd thing is before i had re-installed my Windows Vista I was able to actually use and view this DVD. Now all it does is spin up for a splti second then pause... then spin up again for another split second.. than pause again and it will do this about 7-8 times. The DVDs are in mint condition so it's not because they are scratched. I have done the following to try and fix this problem that I have found on other forums.




1) From JohnWill

"Fix for missing DVD/CD drives.

Create a text file with NOTEPAD containing the following data exactly as below and name it FIXCD.REG
You should have 3 boxes on the bottom in NOTEPAD.
1)Filename : fixcd.reg
2)Save as type: all files
3)Encoding: ANSI
If you do not change it from txt type to All files type, then the file will actually be fixcd.reg.txt, this won't accomplish the desired result

Double click on the file and say yes to the merge into registry question.

----------------------- Use text after this line, contents of FIXCD.REG -----------------------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdr4_2K]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdralw2k]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdudf]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UdfReadr]
------------------------------ Use text before this line --------------------------------"


2) From Adrian Jones

"Hi
The solution i found go to system properties
click on Hardware
click on device driver
click on DVD/CDRom drives
click on DVD/CD Rom
click on uninstall
next open the hardware wizard which detected new hardware
then i followed the on screen instructions to reinstall the DVD/CD Rom Drive
works fine now
thanks for your help
take care stay safe and enjoy life
good luck
adrian jones"


If anybody could help me out here, it would be highly appreciated. These computers these days (espessially ever since Vista) discourage me from going into studying computers as a career. Always a problem and never any good news =[

Many thanks tot hose who took their time to read and answer me,
David.