



This should allow Windows XP (I assume it is XP) to re-recognize and re-initialize the hardware. Do you have any device drivers loaded on your system that may be interfering? Such as ANYDVD or some other app? Does this happen with data DVD’s as well as movies?Have you tried starting your DVD player application and then inserting the disk into the drive?One thng you may want to try is going into device manager and deleting all IDE devices, then deleting the IDE controllers themselves and rebooting. (Also, my computer is currently set to Region 2 and I’ve also tried Region 2 DVDs, ending with the same problem).The computer is a Sony VGN-FS28GP laptop computer with a Sony DVD RW DW-D56AI posted this query at and was advised to post here.Some of the questions that you may want to ask may have already been answered there, but if you do have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
