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DVD+RW not working on AMD Athlon 64 3500 PC

by zoram70 May 23, 2007 6:17PM PDT

Problem with the D: DRIVE on my pc. My dvd drive is my D: on my AMD Athlon 64 3500 pc. A few months back I had a software problem causing my pc to run slow. I deleted some programs from my pc and I might of deleteD my dvd drivers for my pc DVD drive and DVD/RW Drive. Now when I go to my computer my d drive, which was my dvd drive says it is now a removable drive? I try to play dvds or play a cd, the drive starts up and nothing else. Everything else works find, just have problems with my D: drive. Please any advice before I take my pc to the computer store to get it fixed.

PC is a AMD Athlon 64 3500 pc.

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What OS?
by lacsr May 23, 2007 9:37PM PDT

Look in "Device Manager" to see what is has to say. In XP, it should be listed under "DVD/CD-ROM Drives".

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DVD+RW not working?
by zoram70 May 24, 2007 4:02AM PDT

Windows XP home edition is the operating system.

Checked Device manager and DVD/CD-rom drive is not showing up anywhere?
Could it be the hardware for my dvd/cd-rom drive is the problem?
Power is still going to the drive and it opens and close like normal?
Please advise...

Thank you

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Tried Deleting Upper/Lower Filters?
by Grif Thomas Former Forum moderator May 24, 2007 4:13AM PDT
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Drivers for you DVD-RW not working on AMD Athlon 64 3500 PC
by Lani54 Jul 9, 2007 10:38AM PDT

Complete System restore will recover the drives to original. It worked for me

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