re: DVD drive Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 2:16 pm Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by MartinM (5127 messages posted) The most likely explanation is that the drive has failed - they are not very reliable. However, look to see what Windows has to say: Open Control Panel Click on System Click on the Hardware Tab Click on the Device Manager button Click on the + next to DVD/CD-ROM drives Let us know if there's a yellow question mark next to your DVD drive Click on your DVD drive Post back with what is written in the box marked Device status Written in response to: DVD drive (Ida Mullan: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 12:47 pm) Responses to this message: re: DVD drive (Ida Mullan: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:29 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] DVD drive (Ida Mullan: Sat, Oct 31, 2009, 12:47 pm) re: DVD drive (MartinM: Sat, Oct 31, 2009, 2:16 pm) re: DVD drive (Ida Mullan: Sat, Oct 31, 2009, 3:29 pm) re: DVD drive (MartinM: Sat, Oct 31, 2009, 3:36 pm) re: DVD drive (Ida Mullan: Sat, Oct 31, 2009, 4:25 pm) re: DVD drive (NigelHH: Sun, Nov 1, 2009, 6:38 pm) re: DVD drive (JM: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 1:44 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum