Windows 10: Used an external DVD drive - Tale of Woe follows

I didn't know when I purchased my new laptop that there was no drive to play my dvds. So I bought an external dvd drive, I/O Magic and it still would not play my DVDs, movies etc, commercially produced that always worked before. Cue to a very special DVD, my wedding. It not only did not play it, but it prompted a Format, and I thought, ok, no harm, and I clicked format cos there was no other prompt. It didn't play and instead prompted me to drag files to the DVD!I dug up an old laptop with a DVD drive possibly the one I used to convert the VHS of my wedding to DVD some years ago and put the

:)

 

Windows 10 and External DVD drive

Hi,

Thank you for keeping us posted.

I would suggest you to open the device manager and check if the drive shows up in device manager.

Follow the steps given below:

1. Press Windows key + R to open the run command.

2. Type devmgmt.msc and press enter to open device manager.

3. Expand DVD/CD-Rom drives and check if the external DVD drive is listed.

4. If so, right click on it and uninstall it.

5. Restart the computer.

Let us know the result.

 

How to get Windows DVD Player to recognize my external DVD drive using Windows 10

Hello Bill,

We would like to know more about your concern. Kindly clarify the following:

• What is your OS build and version?
• Did you make any changes before you experience this?
• Are you getting any error messages when trying to access your external drive using Windows DVD Player?

For the meantime, you can refer to this link to help you in troubleshooting
the issue. Listed on the link are steps to be able to make your external drive recognizable.

We will wait for your response regarding our probing questions and if the provided link worked.

 

External drive

Hi Richard,

There are several factors that can cause your external drive to not read DVDs even though the system is recognizing the device. This could be caused by a driver that needs to updated or corrupted files. For us to resolve your concern, kindly answer the questions
below:

• Just to confirm, the device that is not working properly is a external DVD optical drive?
• Were there any recent changes or updates installed on your computer?
• Have you tried to plug the external drive to a different port on your computer?

As a initial recommendation, we suggest that your run the built in troubleshooter in Windows 10. Kindly refer to the steps below:

• Type “Troubleshooting” in the Search bar and press Enter.
• Click on “View All” in the top left corner.
• This will display the list of troubleshooters which are built-in in the computer. You can click on
  Hardware and Devices from the list and you can run the troubleshooter.

This will check for common errors that affect hardware on your computer and attempts to correct them.

We look forward to your response after completing the steps.