Inspiron 1525 DVD/CD drive problems

try using a different brand/type of blank CD/DVD (if your currently using DVD or CD +R/+RW try using a -R/-RW).

The windows might be corrupted. You could try editing the windows registry. here are the steps:

In order to delete upper and lower filters you're going to have to edit the registry. The usual cautions apply. If the registry is not edited properly your whole system can crash.

1) Close all open programs
2) Click on Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and press Enter
3) Click on the plus signs (+) next to the following folders

* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
* SYSTEM
* CurrentControlSet
* Control
* Class
* {4D36E965-E325-11CE-
BFC1-08002BE10318}

4) 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.

* UpperFilters
* LowerFilters
* UpperFilters.bak
* LowerFilters.bak

5) If any of the above keys shown in step 4 are listed, right-click on them and choose Delete
6) After deleting the keys, close the Registry Editor
7) Reboot your computer
8) 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.

last option, you could try installing imgburn. here's the download link: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download

If nothing happens, your dvd drive is bad.

Good Luck,

Ryan

Hello
Try some other burning application, Like Nero Burning ROM, or Alcohol etc.
Hope This helps, Good Luck

Yes you can, your Notebook has a Dvd Writer with it, mini or normal dvds/cds will burn well without any problem if the Cd/Dvd Drive has no issues reading/writing Cds/Dvds.

Good luck.

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Try removing the player from your laptop and rebooting without it. Shut it down and put the player back in then restart again. That should force windows to reinstall it. If it's not seen when rebooting the device is probably bad.

1. ensure drive is recognized by the BIOS (It should be ID'd by model in BIOS
2. If drive is seen normally in bios, then try the fixit utility in this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
3. See if you can boot to the drive using your Vista DVD and run a repair my computer from DVD
4. If none of the above works, replace the drive. If system will boot to DVD, then reinstall Vista

ok what you do is go to control panel and system and then click ur driver and then install the dvd one

Run Regedit, Delete Lower and Upper Filters in this location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} - Restart. Please comment if the information provided has been helpful for the improvement of my support assistance. Thank you and regards.

if it does'nt play dvd as well then-----
my compter right click drive then properties then hardware
make sure all your settings are right
check devices see if driver needs repaired
you can do a factory restore and see if that fixes the problem
let me know
if it does recognize cd/dvd then i would just leave it

the cd player could be bad it doesn't seem to be reading anything. or your windows needs reloading because you have other programs overwriting each other and windows.too much on the drive defrag it