Resolved No CD/DVD showing in my "D" Drive

Hello, my CD/DVD drive which is "D" drive shows nothing in it when I load a DVD with a movie on it in that drive. Also the PC has XP in it and I have I believe MP 11 in it and MP doesn't open up to play a movie. PC use to show movies no problem on Windows MP but had to do a XP format/reinstall and since then having these problems. Any help would be great,
Thanks kindly,
~Paul

 

Please explain, your System Details say you have Windows 7, is this a dual boot system?

 

Sorry Mark, this is an older PC. Its a DELL with XP, SP 2, plain & simple. No Dual Boot. Just has 2 GB of Ram, a 80 GB HD. Comcast Cable Internet. I apolagize, this PC is not one of my listed computers under "MY SYSTEM" Thanks again,
~Paul

 

Windows XP includes Media Player 5.1. You will only have Windows Media Player 11 if you have downloaded it. As you have just reinstalled XP I would suggest you download WMP 11.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...14-E238-4E45-8668-5166114010CA&displaylang=en

I would also suggest, if you haven't done so already, that you download SP3 as SP2 is no longer supported which leaves your system wide open to attacks from the internet. Go here and all the required updates should be made available to bring your system up to date.

http://update.microsoft.com

After you have done that please also advise what model your PC is as I presently don't know if I am dealing with a laptop or desktop PC. Please check in your Bios to see if the CD/DVD drive is being recognised.

 

Are these movies ones that you've burned yourself or are they store bought DVD movies? If the latter, it could be just a copy write protection issue. Before you formatted and reinstalled Windows is it possible you had some special driver installed for this that you've forgotten about? Try downloading and installing Passkey Lite. It's a driver that will allow you to watch most protected DVDs.

I don't know it this the problem or not but it's worth a try anyway.

 

Thank you Zander, No these are legal purchased Movies not Burned on CD's or DVD'd. I will definetly give Passkey Lite a try. I appreciate you taking time to offer your help!
I'll let you know whats up....
~Paul

 

This is a DELL VOSTRO 220 ppl, it still willl not show (DVD) in the "D drive" when I load it. I tried Passkey Lite but not fixing problem. now biggest trouble D drive not showing a DVD in that drive ??? I'm running Media Player 9, going to download version 11 I think...
Any ideas whats wrong? No problems showing in device Manager.
~Thanks, Paul

 

Sorry I'm so late in getting back to the site. Yes the CD side works and shows up in the Drive. Now for sure you have forgot in life more than I will learn about technology. If that can happen

So I'm going to "Resolve the thread "
Thanks all,
Paul