Problems with DVD Drive reading DVD-ROMs

[Dsg]

My DVD drive no longer

recognises DVD-Roms

but does not have a

problem with CD-Roms.

As a technophobe - What

should I do ?

I am running XP Home.

Many Thanks

[PunkDaddy]

It's hard to say. If you can find "Control Panel" off your start menu somewhere, and within "Control Panel" go to "System", and within that dialogue box find your DVD drive and delete it's profile (right click, and say remove) then restart your computer it would reinstall the drivers. That's the best way I can explain it and the only thing  can think of to try easily.

Alternatively take it somewhere.

[AllYourBase]

If you mean during burning (disk creation), have you got the right DVD disks (there are two, called DVD+R and DVD-R)? I had a smiliar problem, only to find I was using the wrong disks (very embarrassing)

[doghandler]

I've got the same, I went through all the hassle of upgrading windows media player to version 10 because the help pages said it would help but it doesnt.<sigh>

The help pages say that I would need to buy a software plugin to enable media player to play DVD's, but I am sure it used to play them without?

My DVD player installed on my machine that came with the DVD drive, is 'POWER DVD'. This opens when I put a DVD in but then after reading the information from the disc, closes itself down?

I have no idea why this is happening - unless it is designed to get me to buy the media player plugin?

I know this doesnt help your problem but at least you know you are not alone!