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    Talking Re: DVD Drive Not Reading DVDs Please Help

    Heh, sort of the same here. My desktop CD/DVD drive will read all CDs/DVDs that have data on them, but it will not read the blank 700 MB CDs. It reads all 4.7 GB blank DVDs but it is almost impossible to find a blank CD it will recognise in the drive. It simply acts as if nothing is there. It will also refuse to write anything period. However, I have not done anything to remedy this since I use my newer laptop to do all the writing. My desktop drive probably had the laser go on the fritz, and the only thing I can do is replace it.

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    Well, to help you out instead of making another thread. Its because your optic reader in the drive is starting to die, or atleast is knocked out of place. For some reason that I have no idea why, drives will do this. I do believe you can delete a registry file to help it last a bit longer but I recomend getting a new drive.
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    Reads older games, but not newer games. Possible SecuRom 7 issue?
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    Prehaps it is because they are dual layer DVD discs, I have an old laptop and the DVD drive makes a hell of a noise when I play a dual layer movie in it, and it wont read my ETW disc(not that the computer could play it anyway, I was just doing it to test my dual layer theory)

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