Pavillion a305 w does not read DVD+R - HP Pavilion s7310n (EN996AA) PC Desktop

Click start control panel administration tools computer management device manager scroll down cd-dvd rom drives you might see a yellow question /exclamation mark ? ! or a red X right click to update driver

you might have to physically unplug the leads for this cd/dvd restart your computer then plug them back this should activate the found new hardware wizard

if this does not fix the problem it might be a registry problem
"you only need to do the following"
if you cant see your disk drive in windows explorer


Close all open programs

Click on Start, Run, and type regedit and press Enter
Click on the plus signs (+) next to the following folders

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

SYSTEM

CurrentControlSet

Control

Class

{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

This folder is the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Class Description in the registry. Look for any of the following names in the right hand column.

Upper Filters

Lower Filters

Upper Filters.bak

Lower Filters.bak

If any of the above keys shown in step 4 are listed, right-click on them and choose Delete

After deleting the keys, close the registry editor
Reboot your computer
Open My Computer and check to see if your CD or DVD drives have returned. You may also want to open Device Manager and verify that the yellow exclamation and error code on the CD or DVD drive is gone.

hope this helps

if this fails to fix the problem


It could be a problem with the lens you could use a liquid type lens cleaner place 2-3 drops on top of a cd/dvd then run it

Here is the download link for the A305-S6845:

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=DL&os=&category=&moid=1998654&rpn=PSAG4U&modelFilter=A305-S6845&selCategory=2756709&selFamily=1073768663

Copy it and paste it into the address bar of your browser. Select to OS and then download the drivers that you need.

Please le me know how this works for you.

Spoem

What is the brand of the dvd burner?

Here is the fix,if your running Windows7.
http://www.fixya.com/support/r5003649-find_24_trubleshooters_in_windows7
You want to follow the instructions and run number 11.Playing and Burning CDs,DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.It will fix it first time.
enjoy.
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What is the make of your Cd-Dvd Rom?

cd/dvd rom is probably not working ,try using a lense cleaner disc if that doesn't work it's cheap enough to just install a new drive DVD/Rw as they are about £20.00 new.

I fixed it my self, redownloaded my Windows and repaired it.

It is possible that this is a drive issue, I've seen drives that one of the optical reader device has gone out, but generally it'e the DVD reader and will only read CD's. It's very rare that the CD reader goes and the DVD reader works. Before you replace drive, if it's only music CD's (you didn't mention program CD's), then update your media player. If it still won't play, then unistall the media player and completely reload it. At this point you can replacse the drive.

Dear Sir/Madam,


This is the problem of not matching/support the motherboard of your driver with Pioneer DVD. U just go the manufacturing site of Pioneer dvd and download the driver / updates and then install it. (Before u uninstall the driver). Then fix it.

Thanks

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Hi,
Is the DVD Player A Read/Write Drive ?
Whats the Mak/Model Number, I,ll Look It up for You.
Mike @ compurepair.