T21 Toshiba DVD Drive reads DVDs but not CDs

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TheEvilDonut · #1 Post by **TheEvilDonut** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:09 am

Hello.

I just got an old but perfectly enjoyable to use T21 Thinkpad. I formatted it and installed XP Pro SP2 on it, anti-virus, updates... The works.

My only problem is that the DVD-Rom drive will not read any CDs. Only DVDs. When I put a CD in it will not even recognize it. Windows will tell me that the disc is dirty or of an unrecognizable format.

I tried ejecting the drive and reconnecting it...

Anyone else ever had that problem?

Thank you.

The Spirit of X21 · #2 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:23 am

Are the CDs commercial or burned? Burned ones (specifically, CD-RW) can have read issues with older machines.

TheEvilDonut · #3 Post by **TheEvilDonut** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:16 am

Forgot to mention that there are commercial ones.

Sorry.

jamerslong · #4 Post by **jamerslong** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:05 am

i am going to assume that it reads Cd's outside of windows? because you did get windows installed

i know i had the same issue with my PC and i had ro reset the Drivers (uninstall completely (delete the driver and settings) i dont remember how and then restart and reinstall them.

pxa270 · #5 Post by **pxa270** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:44 am

I had the same problem, I think it was a Toshiba SD-C2512. It would read neither CDs, nor CD-R(W), only DVD(-R). It was not a Windows problem, as it wouldn't read a bootable CD at startup. I even tried to reflash the firmware, but the problem remained. At the end I just sold the whole system (with full disclosure of the problem of course).

TheEvilDonut · #6 Post by **TheEvilDonut** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:54 am

jamerslong wrote:i am going to assume that it reads Cd's outside of windows? because you did get windows installed

Actually the problem only appeared a few weeks ago. It was working fine at some point because I managed to install some of my software such as Office and PowerDVD which are all on CDs.

THis is weird as I don't remember installing anything out of the ordinary that would end up causing such a problem.

RRHODY · #7 Post by **RRHODY** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:24 am

I had a Toshiba SD-C2102 in a 600X with W2KPro that wouldn't read CD, Windows said the disk was not formated, or not recognized. Changed to a Toshiba SD-C2612 with same result. Got the firmware from Toshiba web - no difference. Tried a second SD-C2612 with same result. Gave up and changed the DVD - ROM to an LG brand and it works.
Go figure !

TheEvilDonut · #8 Post by **TheEvilDonut** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:28 am

Dang. I was afraid that this would be hardware-related.

jamerslong · #9 Post by **jamerslong** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:24 pm

since you installed power DVD it may have changed some drive settings, i installed some cd burning software that caused my drive not to play CD's on my home PC, reinstalling the CDRom drivers worked well.

have you tried that yet?

if you search google there is a procedure that completely removes the drivers.

and it might be a reason why RRHODY's problem was not fixed until he installed a different drive as i would assume that it used the same drivers for all drives.

have you tired using a bootable CD?

TheEvilDonut · #10 Post by **TheEvilDonut** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:43 am

Never thought about that!

I'll give it a try!

Thanks!

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