Cant play DVDs

Start/Control Panel/Performance and Maintenance/System/Hardware/Device Manager/System Devices/

Then right click on: "Microsoft System Management BIOS Driver" and "Update Driver..."

Then "Yes, this time only" and "Next"

Then "Recommended" and WAIT

If your drivers are actualized it wouldn't find anything.

hope this helps

it will read only original discs . reading writable disk may cause damage to the lens

The Sony Notebook computers are shipped either with the Arcsoft WebCam Companion or the VAIO Camera Capture Utility.
1. Click on start, in the search bar type, Webcam Companion or VAIO Camera Capture Utility to find what is shipped.
2. If both are missing, then check if the drivers are installed for teh camera in device manager.
Press the Windows logo+R keys together to open Run Window.
3. In the Run Window, type "devmgmt.msc" without quotes and press the enter key.
4. In the device manager window, check if Imaging Devices is listed and has the Sony Visual Communication Camera driver installed.
5. If that is missing then, install the respictive software i.e; Webcam Comapnion or the Visual communination driver and camera capture utility.
You can install the drivers from the Sony support home page.

I could have provided the link if there would have been the exact model # of the notebook provided by you.

However, if the software is installed, then follow the steps to use the cam with VAIO Camera Capture Utility from the below link.
http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/documentLink.do?externalId=C1000555
To use the cam with WebCam Companion Software follow the steps from the below provided link:
http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/documentLink.do?externalId=C1015371

Try downloading and installing the Driver.

Download the Driver here.

If not working..you can try this Driver.

Download the Driver here.

i cant find the model listed - is this the model VGN NR310
Theres a number of methods to get into the recovery manager on Sony - could not find any specific info on your model - I would try the following F8 or F10 (Alt + F10 ) should bring up the recovery manager as the PC boots - Do you have Sony Vaio Recovery Centre on the PC ? You can create recovery DVDs from this program
The support site for that model is here http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=VGNNR310E

Try reloading the DVD drivers...If you don't have them on cd, you can download drivers from sony website. once you download drivers, reboot comp. see if that works...let me know.

good luck

It seems that ur DVD Drive was uninstalled accidently..So you restart ur laptop after that if u cant get dvd drive in device manager then there may be some hardwareproblem with ur dvd drive..

There could be several things which are causing your CD burner not to act in the way it should.

I had a similar type problem after installing Windows XP, .Service Pack 3 onto my Sony VAIO model VGN-SZ330P.
The standard Windows burner kept saying there was no CD in the drive but it would play both CDs and DVDs.

I went looking for an alternative and now use IMGBURN which is a free lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application . You can find it at http://www.imgburn.com/.

I also installed CDBurnerXP which is another free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. You can find it at http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home

The above does not tell you why your burner is having problems (and they could be numerous), it will certainly get the burner doing everything you need.

Check the Sony website; I think you will find a source for your missing software.