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    DVD's Skipping around, what to do? (windows XP)

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by prodigy1290, Jul 21, 2008.

  1. prodigy1290

    prodigy1290 Notebook Geek

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    I got a virus last year, i reinstalled and reformatted my laptop. Now when i put a dvd in the drive it skips around non stop. I can watch downloaded vids easily, but when i insert a dvd to watch it doesn't work. A couple weeks ago windows said i needed a codec, so I downloaded the K-Lite codec pack, but no luck. Should i just reintall windows all over again? Thanks.
     
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  2. Hiker

    Hiker Notebook Deity

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    Souns more like a hardware problem. Can you play a music CD?
     
    Hiker, Jul 21, 2008
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    yea, and i can burn cd's. Kinda wierd.
     
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    You may have the same problem I had a couple weeks ago. See if that solves anything. Depends as to whether by "skipping around" you mean playing jerkily or actually going from one place in the film to an entirely different one seemingly randomly - if it's the latter I don't know what to recommend.
     
    Apollo13, Jul 21, 2008
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