For a dvd/cd burner in a Windows desktop (vista) does the process need to actually read the cleaner disk? This drive is unable to read anything. The troubleshooting procedure says to run a cleaner disk at this point.
1373159
It might be able to. If the pr4oblem is just a dirty pickup lens, the little brush should clean dust and debris off of your lens when it spins. I am not really sure though, since I haven't tried to clean any computer components with it, only got it to clean my blu ray player and dvd players.
293112
Control Panel, Admin tools, disk management should see the drive even if not formatted yet. If it does not then you have a defective unit.
117675
Yes, it is plugged in when it states " can't read disk". It does it either with or without plug. What is a burnt DVD?
524955
Had same problem as owens. I plugged in the cables and slipped in the dvd drive and didn't check to make sure it was securely plugged in. The burner wouldn't eject and I thought something was seriously wrong with one or the other. Then i opened up the computer and relized i hadn't pushed it into the drive all the way. Pushed the board against the plugs. Closed the computer up. Works like a charm. No driver needed for anything other then the new hardware you installed. Snaps in, does it's job. Easy as pie.
1863178
This is not a burner. This drive is only a reader. You will need a graphics card with atleast 512MB and dvi or hdmi output. DVI works well too as you can get a dvi to hdmi cable for you monitor or tv without having any loss of data. I dont know what kind of graphics card your computer has, but in the end graphics card can be cheap, unless you want to do high-end group ethernet gaming.
1577305
I installed the drive for a friend. Most PCs with an accompanying drive which won't write to a particular disc are suffering from some type of file corruption. In the past, when installing a drive to replace an original drive, I've always synced the installation with a reformat to assure proper operation. Unless you're one who maintains a corrupt free operating system (I haven't met many), it's a good rule to follow.
1159859
I've been able to read dvd & cd-r disks and cd-rw disks. Having trouble trying to record on cd-r but not cd-rw.
736420
For some reason Windows 7 would rather upgrade from Vista to 7. If you try a clean install 7 will ask for Vista disk, load some of it and move on back to 7. Why, I really don't know BUT the Vista to 7 upgrade went fantastic and I have had no problems.
918004
My Denon plays most of my cd's but there are many it just can't read. I was told it may need cleaning but I tried that with no success. Sorry I can't help.
1988842
What type of disk u r using. This player alone is not a good stand alone meaning: I had to gut it and place a better drive in it from another broken drive which was a DVD read and write burner. I would send it back and get a better quality one.
2114071
Hi,We hate to bring this up. This has nothing to do with the drive, but the software that converts it. The disc will burn on the drive for those files, but it is still the post production work you done on your computer for converting the files to digital.So, the questions is really about post production work of converting blu ray discs to digital. Yes, this drive can read blu ray discs. That is the simple part of the answer.
2118966
Windows 7 should not ask for drivers for DVD/CDROM drives. If it does it usually is because of the system not seeing any CD's commonly due to conflicts with iTunes and Burning software (Roxio, etc.)I've recently replaced a bad drive with this model on a Win7 laptop and it automatically recognized it. Hope this helps. Jim
354697
I have windows vista and onlydvd/cd drives. I used the external USB 1.44 to read disks I've had for years. It did the job I needed it to do. It did not read all the information on the disks as software has changed for the software I used back then.
2035925
Who knows, but I just cleaned two games that wouldn't read in the player, and they're working now. I think it depends on like mentioned, if the users are following the directions exactly, and also how badly damaged/scratched the discs are. I'm sure there's some that just won't fix, and well, we all know, you can't fix stupid.
35901
Thank you for your input on this matter. I tried a couple of times to burn disks using Nero using the ISO 9660 without Jolliet. For some reason this isn't working out. I have since contacted Panasonic by telephone and told them of my problem. They said that the disk didn't burn properly and they will sent me a cd-rom with the upgrade on it for me to use. Hopefully this will resolve the problem.
1010246
The install routine will ask you where to install. When it does this you can choose to format the drive and then install. I like the others recommend a clean install.
1157851
ive been burning with amazon's basic dvd+r stuff for a while and after a few hundred disks, very few fails.i think my drive is burning up now, is the only problem, but its old and has about 1k burns through it.