Matsushita DVD RAM on Toshiba Satellite Laptop
My computer is about 7 years old with Windows XP. My DVD RAM drive quit working and it says the driver is no longer valid, but I can't find a driver anywhere to download.
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i suggest you test the drive on another PC - it can simply be bad, and should be replaced
as an alternative, you can also test another CD drive on this PC
as an alternative, you can also test another CD drive on this PC
I have similar Toshiba laptops with similar DVD drive.
From where do you get that info that the driver is not valid anymore? Who or what tells you that? How come was valid up to now?
If you still use Windows XP then just go on Toshiba Support for drivers download, give your model and you download directly from there the original driver.
It should work with Windows XP as it did up to now. What did you change?
If you still have troubles then reinstall Windows XP.
Give me your Satellite model and I give a link for DVD RAM driver.
Or, are you changing to Win7?
From where do you get that info that the driver is not valid anymore? Who or what tells you that? How come was valid up to now?
If you still use Windows XP then just go on Toshiba Support for drivers download, give your model and you download directly from there the original driver.
It should work with Windows XP as it did up to now. What did you change?
If you still have troubles then reinstall Windows XP.
Give me your Satellite model and I give a link for DVD RAM driver.
Or, are you changing to Win7?
FYI - the cd and DVD drivers are generic in windows - so no other driver needed
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This is essentially the link from takecoffee but automated.
If that doesn't work then put a bootable CD into the drive and see if you can boot from it. Just boot, no installation needed. You can use a Windows install CD if you like. If it boots OK then you know the drive is OK, if it doesn't then there is a hardware problem.