HP Windows Vista Home Premium Media in CD/DVD drive is not readable (MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-861H ATA Device

Toshiba Satellite M40 Specifications (as reviewed):

Intel Pentium-M 760 (2.0Ghz, 533Mhz FSB)
1GB RAM (2x 512MB DDR400)
60GB (ATA 100 5400Rpm, 8mb Cache)
15.4" Widescreen TruBrite' Glossy display (1280x800 native)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 128mb PCI-Express
Intel Pro 2195 a/b/g Wireless
Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-8315 (DVD-RAM, +R / + - RW)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2)
Toshiba 6.1 Hour Li-Ion Battery (6 cell; 4300mAh)


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Most of the time MEMOREX brand is not compatible with HP.
Try a diffrent brand and check if it works.

First check in bios under boot device priority if cd dvd drive is listed or not, if not then reseat the dvd drive, if yes the follow the steps.
1. Uninstall the cd dvd drive from device manager and also ATA Channel0 and ATA Channel1 and restart the compter, and then check.
2. If the above step doesnt resolve your issue then
In the run box type regedit, go to HKEY LOCAL MACHINE - SYSTEM - Control Set001 - Control - Class - {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} - On the right hand side check for upper or lower filters if you find one delete it.
Do the same with Control Set002 and Current Control set.
Restart the computer and you will see the issue is resolved for sure.

hello
i'm having HP PAVILLION DV6000 and OS is VISTA HOME PREMIUM .My problem is that my system does'nt show any dvd drive in MY COMPUTER. I am having PIONEER DVDRW DVR-K17B ATA Device .device manager show a yellow icon and tells that it needs driver. It was working properly before.

thank u in advance

This is my error in report viewer for my dvdrw in laptop.
dvdrw icon is hide and it can't read any disk dvd/cd.
PLEASE HELP ME! THANKFUL
" Windows was able to successfully install device driver software, but the driver software encountered a problem when it tried to run. The problem code is 39. "

VCD play but DVD not play
and show a message (no disk) when insert DVD in combo drive