pickleofdoom Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Hi, My dvd drive is not reading any discs and I think its because of VISTA.Here is the thing, I started installing BF2142 and in the middle of the installation it gave me a error that it has to cancel the installation. So I tried to install it again but the driver wouldnt read the disc, at first I thought it was the disc, but no disc works. I've tried the regedit think, that didnt work. I've tried deleting the drivers and resintalling them even updating them but no good, the windows says all is okay but the driver wont read discs. Ive tried to restore the windows to a state before the installation of bf2142 but that didnt work either. Is there any other ways to fix this without losing all my files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 I think if I were in your position I would put another disc into the DVD drive and see if read that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickleofdoom Posted January 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 I think if I were in your position I would put another disc into the DVD drive and see if read that.No other disc works either, sorry if explained badly :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 I think if I were in your position I would put another disc into the DVD drive and see if read that.No other disc works either, sorry if explained badly :)I know nothing about Vista, but continuing on from trying another disk, and having the result that you got, I think I would get hold of a linux live CD and see what happened with that. It should at least give you an indication of the state of much of your hardware. Ubuntu is worth a go as are one or two others such as Mepis, Knoppix, Mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Is there any other ways to fix this without losing all my files?try fitting another DVD drive - borrow one from another machine ? or get a new one ..... they are cheap enough to buy.Loads here :- http://www.play.com/HOME/HOME/6-/Search.html?searchstring=dvd&searchtype=PCSH&searchsource=2&searchfilters=s%7bdvd%7d%2bc%7b420%7d%2bc%7b637%7d%2bfor under £17.99 (delivered) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Before trying new hardware, check Device Manger if it shows that the drive is working correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickleofdoom Posted January 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Before trying new hardware, check Device Manger if it shows that the drive is working correctly.Yes it says its working correctly, no errors but no dvd's work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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