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    DVD rom problems

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by medicdogg, Jan 27, 2012.

  1. medicdogg

    medicdogg Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a CF-28 that I have recently acquired that I'm in the process of getting working. I have installed 256 of ram, working on getting wireless, etc. I changed out the cd rom for a dvd and it reads cd's fine and I have installed a few programs with it and it reads movie dvd's. I got a driver dvd off of evilbay that it wont read but it will read fine in my other laptop. I've read up on the hack to make dvd roms work in the cf-28 but since mines working for most cd/dvd's do I need to do that or is there another problem. I'm a newbie at these toughbooks so I ask dumb questions on occasion. Any help appreciated.
    Thanks
     
    medicdogg, Jan 27, 2012
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  2. Springfield

    Springfield Notebook Deity

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    Not all DVD drives can read DVD+/-R formats. Factory burned DVD-ROMs are different than the home-made kind.
     
    Springfield, Jan 27, 2012
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    what model 28?
    what model dvd drive?
     
    interestingfellow, Jan 27, 2012
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  4. medicdogg

    medicdogg Notebook Enthusiast

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    I haddnt thought of the homemade dvd thing, duh.
    Model #cf-28ptjgadm
    dvd model toshiba mk3017gap (out of a dell laptop)
     
    medicdogg, Jan 27, 2012
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    mk3017gap comes up as a 30gb hdd????
    but yes, not all drives can read burnt dvd's. It used to be that +r would not read -r and vise versa. depending on the age of the donor laptop, this might be the issue/consideration.
     
    interestingfellow, Jan 27, 2012
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    The hack is to make the drive visible to the BIOS so one can boot an OS install disk; it has never been needed just for use within Windows. It will assign its own logical drive assignment and use it with no problem as long as it hasn't been hardwired to conflict with another drive on the IDE bus.

    mnem
    Secondary IDE Master? Primary IDE Slave? Man, that's getting a bit prrsonal...
     
    mnementh, Jan 27, 2012
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  7. medicdogg

    medicdogg Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah that's the hard drive, I had everything wrote down and looked at the wrong thing, I can't remember what dvd drive it is, it came out if an inspiron 1000. I bet its not able to read this type of dvd.
     
    medicdogg, Jan 28, 2012
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    [right click] my computer> manage>device manager>dvd/optical/cdrom> "your dvd model here"

    check it, google it, and that should tell you what you need to know....
     
    interestingfellow, Jan 28, 2012
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    Maybe try to copy the DVD to another disk using your other computer. Some DVD drives just don't like certain brands of DVD. I had one that would not read Memorex brand disks.
     
    theoak2, Jan 28, 2012
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    TopCop1988 Toughbook Aficionado

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    Model Number: CF-28PTJGADM
    Status: DISCONTINUED
    MSRP: $5,111
    Description: Intel® Pentium III 800MHz, 256MB RAM, 30GB HDD, 13.3" XGA Touch Screen w/Protective Film, Floppy Disk Drive, 56K Modem, 10/100 Ethernet LAN, CDPD WLAN, 3-Prong Power Adapter, Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional

    :confused:

    That's a Hard Disk Drive (HDD); not a DVD Drive:

    TOSHIBA MK3017GAP HDD User's Guide

    :confused:
     
    TopCop1988, Jan 28, 2012
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    OK, its a toshiba model SD-R2102 which if I read correctly only supports dvd-r disc, so thats probably the problem. Thanks for the help.
     
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    TopCop1988, Jan 28, 2012
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