topic Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!! in PCs & Accessories

Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

itu-nurse — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:21:36 GMT

Can anyone shed any light on this. I used vaio update after which my system crashed. I used system restore to get it up and running again, using the setting from before the update. This works fine, however, the computer no longer sees my optical drive. The drive works fine in safe mode.
It does not show up in 'My Computer' and I can not run any discs from it.

All hep appriciated.

Julie
UK

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

itu-nurse — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:24:26 GMT

Sorry. forgot to mention I have a VGC-M1 machine.

My other query is that I am unable to record TV. When I try I get the message that my Drive for saving recorded TV is not set. I go to settings and set it again (two choices given C or D) but still get the same message.

Thanks for your help.

Julie
UK

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

rich912 — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:31:24 GMT

Hi Julie,

The DVD optical drive problem is possibly driver related, especially if it is working in safe mode.

Try uninstalling this drive in Device Manager (Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager), restart the computer and let windows find and install the drivers.

Sorry, I can’t offer any advice on the TV problem.

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

itu-nurse — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:49:37 GMT

Thanks for the reply. I will try this when I get home.

Julie
UK

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

itu-nurse — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:35:01 GMT

Ok. I did as you suggested but to no avail. In device manager the drive has a yellow ! mark and says the computer cannot load the driver. I have looked in the net for a driver The drive is a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K14L.

There is no driver in the original driver folder either????????

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

babysmile — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:56:51 GMT

Hi there, i'm using the M1.. but didn't do any Vaio Updates as I feel still alrite with me..

The driver is using the normal Microsoft driver. But if you really need the driver, I hope I can found out for you.. hehe..

btw, if u have MSN please PM me so that I can help you as much as possible.

On TV recording using Vaio Zone, i didn't encounter any problem at all after the settings. Maybe you need to clarify a folder in order to do that.... Let me know for further problemz..

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

rich912 — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:16:09 GMT

 In device manager the drive has a yellow ! mark and says the computer cannot load the driver

The only drivers you require are the ones provided by Windows, and these should load automatically. There is evidently another problem, and I would guess that is a driver conflict, or a registry key corruption.

Have you installed or removed any CD or DVD burning software recently, or software that has inbuilt burning capability?

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

itu-nurse — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:23:15 GMT

No new software at all. All I did was update from Vaio. Will try the regedit fix and see if that works.

I get a code31 error if that means anything to all you cleaver people out there!

Julie

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

rich912 — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:06:46 GMT

For more information on error code 31have a look here.

Don't forget to back up your registry before making any changes!

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

itu-nurse — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:14:20 GMT

Thanks. Read your post after regedit LOL! But, it all seems ok and I have a DVD drive again....hoorah!

Thanks for all your help xxx

Julie

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

blue1901 — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:00:56 GMT

Julie,

in any hardware/device problems, the only solution is to recover your PC. just copy everything to your MP3 player or blank DVDs then format and recover everything, everything will be ok, the DVD drive and the TV prog.

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

rich912 — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:47:24 GMT

the only solution is to recover your PC

This is not the case at all, Blue 1901, there is usually a far more simple, and less time consuming solution – if you know what you are doing.

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

blue1901 — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:54:52 GMT


 
if you know what you are doing.

Look kid.
i am offering my solution, to transfer ur files to a network walkman means i obviously know "what im doin"!
This is the ONLY solution.

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

@2213977901016847 — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:57:31 GMT

This is the ONLY solution.

No, The solutions there is always full!
Non, Les solutions il y en a toujours plein !

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

blue1901 — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:50:59 GMT

This is the ONLY solution.

No, The solutions there is always full!
Non, Les solutions il y en a toujours plein !

ok! So tell me!
my VAIO doesnt allow me to create recovery disks, it says restart the PC and destroy the CD, how can i fix this?

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

robpaxton — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:26:47 GMT

Copy all your stuff to a network walkman and recover your PC.

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

blue1901 — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 23:31:20 GMT

OF COURSE! that's what i said but "tvesin" thinks we don't know what we are doing!!

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

@2213977901016847 — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 07:44:35 GMT

OF COURSE! that's what i said but "tvesin" thinks we don't know what we are doing!!

Mais non ! vous savez ce que vous faites !

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

blue1901 — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:39:53 GMT

tvesin,

pas de probleme!
Do u have VAIO VGC-V2M? is it good?

Re: Help. I have lost my DVD drive!!

@2213977901016847 — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:11:12 GMT

tvesin,

pas de probleme!
Do u have VAIO VGC-V2M? is it good?

oh yes