I am a long time user of Ubuntu and I’m trying to get it runnning on this pc with preloaded windows 8.1 I have disabled secure boot and dealt with UEFI, when I enter the BIOS I have moved CD/DVD boot first and hard disk to last. I have properly burned the ISO file having … Read more
I have bought the Fluendo DVD player software a while ago because it always was the only software capable of playing all the DVDs I had on my computer. But this program seems to have been quietly abandoned: Software center tells me “not available for your current Ubuntu version. Please contact your vendor for an … Read more
I have struggled for days to make my machine read some movie DVDs (tried with a few). Weird, it mounts an Ubuntu-installation DVD, but doesn’t mount movie DVDs. It used to work fine (with the same set of DVDs) when one day it suddenly stopped playing only movie dvds and reinstalling Ubuntu 14.04.3, as well … Read more
I backed up some files on a DVD-R but now the files are gone and Windows shows the DVD as empty. How is that possible? I don’t remember losing files like that since the days of 5 1/4 inch floppies… I might have burned the disk in “usb mode” (which I never do) but I’m … Read more
I know this issue is reported several times on this forum and over the internet but all those posts mark an answers which is not suitable for my case: The issue: DVD ROM Is visible in BIOS In is not visible in Device Manager It is not shown in “This Computer” listing all available drives … Read more
Can I make an Audion only CD of a DVD? I have an Eagles Live in Melbourne DVD that I cant find as a CD to use in the car (if I can Do I have to do anything differnet, I have not been able to get it to work so far) Answer There are … Read more
I have a Sony camcorder (digital video camera) DCR-DVD106E. The camcorder works with mini CD’s from Sony (I found the CD’s in the package I have bought so it seems they are original). To read the CD I can use the interface from the camcorder to connect it with PC using a cable but I … Read more
System: Win 7, 32 bit Lenovo K-series PC The system was not in use for some time(4-5 months) Problem: DVD RW Drive (E:) is stuck, not opening Info: CD/DVD driver is ok Messages: While ejecting: An error occurred while ejecting ‘DVD RW Drive(E:)’. With chkdsk: Cannot open volume for direct access Answer AttributionSource : Link … Read more
I’m trying to hack the firmware on my laptop’s DVD drive since it’s useless to me and I’m going to replace it with a HDD caddy so I might as well have some fun with it. The only information I know about the drive is “GUE1N”, there is no manufacturer info anywhere. I tried devilsclaws … Read more
Bought a new VicTsing USB 3 dvd burner for use on my El Capitan Mac. I put in a region 2 DVD and fired up VLC, but the drive won’t read my DVD. It spun it around a number of times and ejected it ** . **Tested the drive with the same region 2 dvd … Read more
