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    Is anyone watching HD DVD's in XP?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by johndoe1027, Nov 5, 2007.

  1. johndoe1027

    johndoe1027 Newbie

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    I downgraded a Toshiba laptop that has a OEM HD DVD drive in it. I didn't think to test the drive before I downgraded but I am completely unable to recognize HD DVD's even after installing the OEM drivers for the drive and associated software. The OEM drivers are for Vista but everything else I've needed from the recovery DVD has worked fine in XP. That's what I'm wondering, is XP the reason or could it be A) The Toshiba software is no good or B) Maybe the drive is bad out of the box. Both A and B have been reported so now I don't even know which way to go.

    If I know that anyone out there can recognize HD DVD's in XP (even on a XP machine that wasn't downgraded) it would give me some hope. Thanks in advance.
     
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    Poseign Notebook Consultant

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    EDIT: im retarded :p was a long day, my bad.




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    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    drivers for the drive? you dont need drivers for an optical drive. but if you used drivers from vista then something is wrong there. vista drivers should not/do not work on XP. and yes i have a hp dv9000 with a hd dvd drive and it runs in XP
     
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    From my understanding you need a 3rd party program that allows you to playback HD-DVD like Cyberlink or PowerDVD. I'd imagine they'd let you download a trial but the trial may not support hd-dvd's/Blu-ray.
     
    jessi3k3, Nov 5, 2007
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