Re: XP Explorer and Media Play Will Not Read DVD


"cliftonpark" <cliftonpark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1140390808.799577.291250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I really appreciate your help here. What happened is it worked fine
with pre-recorded movies until I tried to copy a DVD +R file onto my
harddrive [it was a TV show I wanted to save]. Since then my computer
will not read ANY pre-recorded DVD's in the drive. I managed to screw
it up somehow. The CD reader in the same drive works fine. The drive
I have is a Lite-On JLMS XJ-HD166S drive. Do I use the file on the web
site below to upgrade my firmware?

http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html

What do I do just download and then click on it? Again thanks very
much for your help.


Hi,
Firstly, Importantly create a restore point.
The firmware from the site you found is in the compressed
rar format, you *may* require a tool to "unpack" it:
http://www.7-zip.org/
The page has a guide and two download options, select your
Windows download.
Once you have downloaded and installed 7-zip software.
then Download the firmware upgrade and save to a folder.
Locate the folder, and double-click the file, If your PC already
has software to unzip, then it will unpack, if not then it should
produce a dialog asking you what software you want to use to
open , browse and select 7-zip to open it.
It will unpack the contects to a folder, locate the text instructions
and follow. In the unpacked folder will also be an execution file
to flash your drive with the updated firmware.
http://www.liteonit.com/ODD/English/e_downloads/how%20to%20flash.asp

Intriquingly, I could find no reference to your specific
drive on any official Lite-on site?
http://www.liteon.com/prod/getDriver.do?xml_id=4_4

http://www.liteonit.com/ODD/English/e_downloads/e_firmware_dvd%20rw.asp

But it seems it is an "ancient" device! And the last "Official" firmware
upgrade is dated May 2004? (Third from bottom of page 5)
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/FIRMWARE/Lite-On/index5.shtml
It may no longer be officially supported by Lite-on?

This is just a mention of a subject causing growing concern,
but You specify it is *only* pre-recorded DVD's" that are not read?
This link details a growing issue of "rootkits" that software
producers are sneakily "rooting" onto our hard drives.
http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article2454.phtml
It was primarily a concern with CD's which have now been
withdrawn - due to the problems they caused, but is now
creeping over to DVD's, it is an "anti-piracy" measure.



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