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'no disk in drive E:!' - recurrent error message

by woollenphrog Jul 3, 2009 2:05AM PDT

Hallo,

Am running Vista on Samsung R20 laptop. The laptop came with PowerDVD Player installed.

Whilst I'm usually able to watch DVDs on this programme using my DVD/RW drive (E:); habitually, it returns the error 'no disk in drive E!'.

In the past I've been able to solve this by leaving it a couple of weeks; downloading a programme called 'VLC media player' seemed to do the trick once or twice - so I began to think it might be some sort of decoder problem, but didn't really know.

However, I've done both of these this time - rebooting, defragging etc. along the way - yet can't seem to solve the problem.

Hm, virtual memory was low, so recently increased paging file size, if that might have anything to do with it.

Can anybody help?

Thanks Muchly.

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Try.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 3, 2009 10:57AM PDT

1. A cd/dvd lens cleaner.
2. A new DVDRW drive.

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Argh!
by woollenphrog Jul 5, 2009 11:16PM PDT

Thanks very much for your help - I'd thought this was some sort of software problem since, but I need a new drive?! - Cripes!

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Not necessarily...
by John.Wilkinson Jul 6, 2009 1:15AM PDT

You may just need to delete upper and lower filters, a fairly common Windows issue.

-> Yes, it produces the symptoms you described as well.

Hope this helps,
John

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....strangerer and strangerer
by woollenphrog Jul 6, 2009 1:48AM PDT

Okay, thanks for this.

Despite having already removed and readded the drive, I've just done this again and it now seems to have solved the problem.

However, having gone through the steps to remove filters from the registry (thank you), it appears I have no lower filter - so Microsoft Help is advising me to try something else.

Hm - still not sure what's causing the (recurrent) problem though. Have done a bit of searching around and seems other people have had a similar problem, too.

Thanks for your help, though...probably be back in a week's time!

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FYI: Both filters are not always present...
by John.Wilkinson Jul 6, 2009 1:59AM PDT

Deleting the registry key(s) should solve the problem on a long-term basis; the symptoms can appear sporadicly, so the previous fixes you tried likely had no effect rather than a perceived short-term effect.

John

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ahhh
by woollenphrog Jul 6, 2009 2:10AM PDT

Rightio.

Have deleted the offending filter.

Thanks kindly.

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Oh dear - recurring problem!
by woollenphrog Jul 11, 2009 5:56AM PDT

Hello again,

So I managed to watch one DVD, but the problem has come back again.

The upper and lower filters are removed, and I've uninstalled and reinstalled the driver several times. Windows is also telling me that the best driver software is already installed for this device.

It is still playing audio and data CDs, but is not recognising DVD format.

Does anybody have any further advice about this?

Thanks for you time.

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This is a Software Issue
by Elam_Orcutt May 9, 2012 10:08AM PDT

I replaced the DVD drive and still have the same issue.

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At nearly 3 years later I suggest
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 9, 2012 11:09AM PDT

Trying the above ideas or a new discussion.

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