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    Problem detecting disks on XPS M1330

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Brule, Nov 15, 2009.

  1. Brule

    Brule Newbie

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    Sometimes when I try installing a game on it, it won't show any disk in the drive. I'll put the disk in, open My Computer, but wont show anything except the C and D drives. Anyone know what's wrong and/or how to fix this? Any help would be appreciated.
     
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    BlackRussian Notebook Deity

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    What drive is it?
    You drive might be RIP or sometimes packet type burning software tents to mess up the optical drives.
    There is also a reg fix which sometimes works I posted it on here sometime ago I'll try and find it for you and post back. Failing that search on Microsoft help support.
     
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    callanish Notebook Consultant

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    I used to have this issue with my Matas hita drive. If I uninstalled the drive from the device manager and then scanned for new hardware, it would reinstall, and then read the disc in the drive.

    Unfortunately, for me, it was a temporary fix and if the end result is anything like what eventually happened to mine, the drive failed reading and burning discs altogether and I had to replace it.

    The only problem I had with doing the above suggestion, is for some reason it screwed up my itunes ability to burn an MP3 CD.
     
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