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sosbrigadehelp

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Is a cd rewritable drive able to play dvds?
« on: May 26, 2007, 09:36:47 AM »
Hello I'm really really new to this and I'm not a computer expert at all. D:

It's so sad. My PowerDVD programme is unable to play DVDs and the data in the disks doesn't show on the computer. I tried it with a couple of other DVDs to confirm and I didn't work either. So, I wanted to know if a CD-RW drive (E:) is able to open DVDs because when I brought my computer to repair, the guy said my cd drive was spoilt so he changed it. I'm not sure what he did and everything, so...please help me out.

Thank you so much!!!
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    Re: Is a cd rewritable drive able to play dvds?
    « Reply #1 on: May 26, 2007, 09:50:16 AM »
    sadly no, a CD-RW drive cannot open DVDs
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    Re: Is a cd rewritable drive able to play dvds?
    « Reply #2 on: May 26, 2007, 09:51:12 AM »
    ):

    okay then, thanks for all your help all the same.
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    Re: Is a cd rewritable drive able to play dvds?
    « Reply #3 on: May 26, 2007, 09:51:53 AM »
    Unless it actually has "DVD" printed on it somewhere, it probably doesn't play DVD's.  Were you ever able to play DVD's on this computer before?  What's the model of your comuter?
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    Re: Is a cd rewritable drive able to play dvds?
    « Reply #4 on: May 26, 2007, 02:03:06 PM »
    "comuter" ? ?
    Now you sound like ULWarrior...

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    Re: Is a cd rewritable drive able to play dvds?
    « Reply #5 on: May 26, 2007, 10:15:52 PM »
    Ha ha.  Come on, even I am allowed a couple of typos every now and then!
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    Re: Is a cd rewritable drive able to play dvds?
    « Reply #6 on: May 27, 2007, 12:08:36 AM »
    Some thing else that can usually identify your drives capabilities (and much more) is the free utility PC Wizard ...donations accepted.
    http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php

    The attachment shows typical analysis of an optical drive. 

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