User User name Password  
   
Thursday 9.1.2025 / 17:01
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > dvd / blu-ray drives > insert dvd.....then all programs not responding!
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
Insert DVD.....then all programs NOT RESPONDING!
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
NINRH8R
Newbie
_
19. December 2008 @ 12:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I apologize if this is in the wrong forum........here is my problem. I can burn CD's all day long.....But when i install a DVD, or a BLANK DVD into either drive.....noting will work!!..i mean Windows Explorer even reads Not Responding, until i eject the media from the drive then all programs work with no porblem.

I have already, added/removed the drives many times, and i have recently tried to edit the registry.....but NO LUCK!

Please help!
Advertisement
_
__
varnull
Suspended permanently
_
19. December 2008 @ 18:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Everything hangs because the dvd side of the laser is just about managing to detect there is a disk there but is failing to read any data.. leave it long enough and it might give up.. or not..all the time making clicking noises.. Pick a drive and try cleaning it with a cd cleaning disk (not a dvd cleaner.. same problem will happen) or just bin it and buy another. This can happen to two drives at the same time... but more likely you have installed some securom type drm garbage laden software.. play games do you?

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 19. December 2008 @ 18:38

NINRH8R
Newbie
_
20. December 2008 @ 14:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I never ever play games on my pc.....i only use it for personal use, and for burning music, and dvd's.
AfterDawn Addict

7 product reviews
_
22. December 2008 @ 00:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I experienced a similar problem on my very first dvd drive. Fact of the matter is, it ONLY burned +rw's. So if your putting a say, -ram, -R, -RW, in a drive that CANT work with those discs, thats your problem. It sees the disc, but it doesnt know what to do with it. Good drives, F/W give up when they realize they cant work with them. Run nero info tool and it will tell you what the drive supports. Otherwise you have a faulty drive, or it simply needs the lense cleaned.



To delete, or not to delete. THAT is the question!
NINRH8R
Newbie
_
22. December 2008 @ 05:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
When i put a disc (that is from purchased from the store with a movie on it, any movie, or any cd that has music on it......i am talking PRE-RECORDED) in any of my drives i get this problem.
AfterDawn Addict

7 product reviews
_
22. December 2008 @ 05:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How many Optical disc drives do you have? I would recommend having atleast 2. It makes trouble shooting MUCH easier. Because there is a number of reasons your having that problem if you only have one drive. There are ALOT of variables! Where I would start is try cleaning the laser lense. Do you have a disc with a tiny brush on it?



To delete, or not to delete. THAT is the question!
NINRH8R
Newbie
_
8. January 2009 @ 16:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have 2 dvd burners and both are haveing the same problem at the same time.........i don't understand because they both worked at on time or another.....and yes i have cleaned both drives!
Advertisement
_
__
 
_
AfterDawn Addict
_
8. January 2009 @ 20:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This may narrow it down a bit.

1)See if you get the same symptom while running in safe mode. If you do, some background taks could be trying to read the DVD and having problems.

2)In either normal or safe mode, open task manager before inserting the DVD (Ctrl-Alt-Delete). Once you insert the DVD, one of the task will probably "peg" (go to 99%). This is the program that's hanging your PC. It's probably explorer. This really only confirms that your drive cannot read data or doesn't recognize the disc.

3)It's not at all unusual that CD-ROM still functions while DVD does not. I had a Sony DVD-RW drive that failed In this exact same manner, but the read on the DVD was completely dead.
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > dvd / blu-ray drives > insert dvd.....then all programs not responding!
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork