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    problem with dvd drive of acer 5102

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by sivakrishnamannem, Sep 23, 2007.

  1. sivakrishnamannem

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    after i upgraded to vista i had problem with my dvd drive, it doesnt detect the dvd's and there is a red sign over the dvd drive, i do not know what to do, can any one help me with this, thanks...
     

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    Is it possible that your drive got disabled in the device manager? That or you may need to update the driver (if there are drivers for drives).
     
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    i tried this i went to the device manager and updated my drivers, it says that i am using the latest drivers, and also i cannot hook on any external hard disk or usb's , they also come with a similar sign as i posted before and say that the disk is not acessible, any one had similar problems....?
     
    sivakrishnamannem, Sep 24, 2007
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