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[scuzzy]

Did Windows completely fail to recognize the drive? If it is recognized, does it work at all? In other words, will it recognize CDs, but not DVDs?



As for what driver to use, you can always go through your list and install one driver at a time until you find the right one. It's a lousy way of installing drivers, but for some reason Quantex didn't do a very good job of telling people what's inside the CPU box. Heck, at least you have a driver CD. Not everyone got one. Others got drivers that have nothing to do with the computer they bought.



BTW: You were wise backing up your drivers. If nothing else works, you can always reinstall the backup.



 

[jenkins7]

I am also curious.  Win98 seems to find the Toshiba DVD but I cannot play movies at all.  It does howwever read DVD format.  Did you ever get it back working



 

[QQQ]

Jenkins7,



If you dvd drive is reading the dvd disks but you are unable to play movies, you probably have to reinstall your dvd decoder sfw.



Some of the other people here can assist you with that.

[jenkins7]

QQQ,



Thanks for the starting point.  Can you tell me what decoder software will work best with this piec eof junk.  Of course this is my CFO's laptop.  He always was cheap.....



 

[Joanie]

Hi Greg1 and Jenkins7,



Welcome to the Forum.  Hopefully you will get your questions answered. The guys here are pretty smart and always willing to help.



Hurry Back,



Joanie



 

[Chandler]

If you have a recent Quantex computer, there should already be a software DVD player on the hard drive including the original setup files.  It is the Ravisent SoftCinemaster 99 player and is in the D:\Drivers\DVD-Soft directory on my May 2000 PC.



If you don't have this, it is also on the drivers CD but I've not tried that version.



Alternatively, go to http://www.digital-digest.com and get PowerDVD or WinDVD, both od which are top-notch players.



 

[scuzzy]

Welcome to our forum, Chandler, and thanks for poasting your advice. Hopefully it will resolve the problem Greg is having.



 

[jenkins7]

Ok I got a little further.  I tried WinDVD since I had blown the backup away.  It seems to read and goes to a black screen like it is going to start.  Even spins the disk but then nothing.  Am I missing something......



 

[Chandler]

Try starting up WinDVD without a DVD in the drive and in Properties, uncheck "Hardware Motion Compensation" and "Startup in full screen mode".  If you have an nVidia video card, the 5.22 drivers may cause freezes when switching to full screen.  The 5.32 and later solve this problem.



If you have a Zip drive too, disable DMA for it and also try out the latest drivers (if you have a VIA based motherboard)from http://www.viahardware.com.  The latest version on this site installs an update for ATAPI devices which both a DVD drive and a ZIP drive use.



 

[greg1]

Does anyone know what drivers to load to get

my Toshiba DVD going again? The driver disk shows several types of "DVD" drivers. I just

reinstalled 98 on this box. I did save the Drivers file to the backup section of the hard drive,which I did not reformat.Should I copy this back to c:/windows?