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Hardware and Software Hardware by SAZAR … there is not some program which overrides error-checking on DVD drives - so the motor just spins the disk and reading… Re: dvd won't play Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by caperjack [QUOTE=spears.arthur;1735733]dvd dosen't play as cdrom doesen't read i can'… it a cdrom and you need a dvdrom to read dvd .now im sure you didnt mean a cdrom ,and you… Re: dvd won't play Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Pjieter [QUOTE=spears.arthur;1735216]dvd doesn't work.[/QUOTE] Are you serious? Come on man, be a tiny little more specific please :) Re: dvd won't play Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Pjieter [QUOTE=spears.arthur;1735733]dvd dosen't play as cdrom doesen't read i can't even use mw recovery disk.[/QUOTE] Does it spin when you're starting up your computer? If not, it's probably a hardware-related problem, that you can't fix by yourself. 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