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Ghizar
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_ 		16. September 2007 @ 14:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If anyone could help with my Phillips 8801 DVD rom, they'd be doing me a great favour. Basically, the DVD doesn't recognise DVDs or CDs when they are inserted. Sure, the disc spins, but that's it. The other day, when I tried to burn something, one file out of about 100 managed to get across onto the disc.
Having read a lot of posts here, I worry that it's something quite serious. I'm guessing that downloading a new driver would be a good start, but does anyone know where to find one?
Any help would be appreciated greatly,
Ben
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JVC
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_ 		21. September 2007 @ 18:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
To start, DVD Rom drives don't burn discs. They only play them.
If you actually have a burner, you can try this:
Go into your Device Manager, and find your drive. Right click on it, and choose "Uninstall". After it uninstalls, reboot, and let Windows detect new hardware, and install new a driver for you.
You don't have to look for a driver. Windows will install it for you.
You can also try a firmware update, if there is one.
Good luck!

Computer may show it as a DVD Ram drive, or DVD-R/W.
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