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What do you mean download cd's and dvd's? You don't download them, you
simply put them in the drive and play them. If you purchased a music cd
or a movie dvd that you want to play or watch, then just put it in the
drive. The system will recognize it and automatically open Windows
Media Player for you to play it or you can open it yourself if autoplay
is not active.
Exactly what is it that you are trying to do?
If you are talking about putting a blank cd or dvd into the drive to
copy music or a movie to it, that's another story and will take a while
to explain. You will basically need to make sure your CD/DvD drive can
burn CD's or Dvd's. Then you will need some type of burning software
(later versions of Window Media Player will burn).
Click Start/My Computer and look at your devices. if your DvD/CD Drive
is listed look for RW which means rewritable (it can burn or copy). If
it say DVDrw it can read and write dvd's. If it says CDrw it can read
and write cd's. You can also look on the drive door on the computer
where you would place the cd or dvd. If it says Rewritable CDrw (it
can write cd's) or DvDrw (it can write dvd's). If it says ROM (read
only media), that means it can Read Only and not write.
If the drive is rewritable then the software such as Media Player will
allow you to go find what you want to put on the cd or dvd. You have
two ways of putting things in the software to burn or write. You can
copy and paste, or you can drag and drop.
First try resetting the player. Unplug for 1/2 hour-1hr., press and hold power button for 3 seconds, wait 1/2 hour, plug back in and it should work. Otherwise you can pry open the door with a paper clip. Slowly pull door as far back as it will go, then press eject button and see if everything aligns itself back on track.
Please try this method but be more careful during working out on it:
Since your DVD drive reads cd's, but not dvd's It shows that the
hardware works fine. Now we need to Edit the Registry to fix
this problem.
1) click the start menu
2) click on "run"
3) type "regedit" and click ok
4) go to string key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
5) delete "upper filters" and "lower filters" in the right side window.
6) right click my computer in the start menu.
7) click properties
8) go to the hardware tab
9) click device manager
10) expand the dvd/cdrom drives
11) right click the dvd rom and click uninstall
12) Reboot PC
Windows should automatically install a clean ROM
drive after the reboot otherwise Open the device manager window and click "scan for hardware changes". DVDs just read fine if you have the correct DVD
decoders.
Yes just follow these steps 1)turn off your comp and open your cabinet.. 2)disconnect the power and IDE cables connected to the drive 3)Unscrew the screws holding the top cover and lft the cover upwards.. 4)Now you will be able to see the lens tray etc..Just locate it and gently push it to the correct position.. If its broken into two you will have to buy a new one..You a get it at any computer accessories shop.. Good luck! Please comment before you rate..
The firmware updates and drivers won't help you. You can try turning it
off, disconnecting it from your PC, then turning off your PC, turning
on the burner and then turning your PC back on and hope that it's
recognized. The chances are slim as this is a known issue with Mad Dog
external USB DVDRW's and you need to send it in for repair if it's
under warranty or put it on eBay as broken (or throw it out) otherwise
and get a new one. I have a Mad Dog external DVD-RW and ran into the
same exact issue, for a while it was working on and off as long as I
didn't turn the burner off while my PC was on but for a while now it's
just recognized by the PC as mass storage device rather than the DVDRW
that it is and when you reach that point the aforementioned two choices
(repair or throwing it out\putting it on ebay) are the only ones you
have.
It needs to be realligned. There is a little peg (usually white) that rides in a slot under the tray. It has popped out and needs to be put back in the track.
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