Disk drive

My disk drive will only play CDs and not DVDs. It used to.
Tell me any info you need

 

Define "My disk drive will only play CDs and not DVDs. It used to."
Does it do nothing?
Does it try to read it?
Do you have DVD software installed?
Have you uninstalled anything since the last time it worked?
Have you possibly reinstalled your Operating Systen since the last time it worked?
Do you get any erroe messages?
Does everything else seem to work correctly?

 

is it a dvd rom or just a cd rom

 

It is a DVD rom

 

Define "My disk drive will only play CDs and not DVDs. It used to."

When I put in a CD, it wors, but when I try to play a DVD it doesn't work. DVDs used to work but now they dont

Does it do nothing?

Doe DVDs it doesnt detect it and acts likke there is nothing there but it works for CDs

Does it try to read it?

Yeah

Do you have DVD software installed?

Yes

Have you uninstalled anything since the last time it worked?

Probably

Have you possibly reinstalled your Operating Systen since the last time it worked?

Noi

Do you get any erroe messages?

No

Does everything else seem to work correctly?

Yes

 

I would suggest uninstalling your DVD software... REBOOT ... and reinstall it. It sounds like either a driver issue or a codec issue. In either case a reinstall should fix it.