Toshiba laptops it is not lg but toshiba laptops which can read only the recovery cd and can not read any other cds or dvds

Dear Vincent,

The 0A-0224-0000 is a "File Copy Failed" error. It means that either the computer was not able to read from the CD/DVD or it finished reading from one CD/DVD and was expecting to read data from the next one (when you have two or more recovery CDs/DVDs). If you have more than one recovery CD/DVD, as soon as you see the CD/DVD reader LED (light) stop flashing, eject the CD and insert the next one in the sequence, doing so till all recovery CDs/DVDs have been read.

If you cannot eject the DVDs by pressing the eject button (some DVD writers only allow you to eject the disc after finishing the whole operation) you will have to straighten up a paper clip and insert it in the small hole close to the eject button to force it open and change the CD or DVD (do a Google search for "how to open a CD or DVD drive with a paperclip, in order to better understand how to do it)".

Hope this helps!

in device manager try uninstalling and reinstalling the cd-rom driver. If that don't work the infered reader is probably bad

Is CD/DVD showing in my computer?
Are you reading retail or homemade CDs?
Use retail to test reader, any will do.
Not all homemades work in all readers.
Look here:
http://repair.laptopsinfo.net/How_to_open_toshiba_equium_laptop

It is a DVD ROM drive which stands for DVD Read Only Memory. In other words, this drive is meant to only PLAY DVDs and CDs but NOT save data to them.

To burn CDs you need a CD burner. Burners are of 3 types:

CD writer only burns and reads CDs.

Combo drive reads CDs and DVDs but only burns CDs.

Super drive burns and reads from CDs and DVDs.

As you go higher in functionality, the price also increases. Check your needs before you plan to buy one. Also compare prices of all the drives. Note: burn-able media costs are separate.

Try getting your recovery DVD's out --- put Disk 1 into the drive; choose "Install Applications and drivers" --- click Next and follow the directions.

http://www.easyfreeware.com/find.php?q=bootable+dvd+burner

I guess u r looking for this

Thanks for using Fixya

The DVD -R +R means that you can read these types of DVDs that have been created elsewhere, it doesn't mean you can write to your DVD under the format of -R or +R. The CD is a CDRW which means you can read and write to CDs.

I don't think that a factory Satellite P100 has the ability to write to either DVD -R or +R, but to only CDs. I have a P200 that has a DVD -R +R/CDRW and it can't write DVDs. These DVDs you put in are for read only. My Toshiba A215 can but it's a DVDRW/CDRW.

Try going to the site for the manufacturer of the cd/dvd drive and download/ install the latest driver. Also look in devive manager to see if you have any conflicts (yellow ?)

The demands on the drive differ greatly for reading CDs & DVDs.
This is a common problem since alignment of the drive is very critical for DVDs and often fails first.

I don't offer much hope, but you might buy a special disk for cleaning optical drives; sometimes they will help.

This article has some tips that might be of use:

http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2F2003%2Fs1409%2F10s09%2F10s09.asp

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