Re: my cd-rom won't read dvd's -- DUDE YOU'VE GOT A DELL..EXCELLENT!!

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Subject: Re: my cd-rom won't read dvd's

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Toreador93

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Date Posted: 13:36:41 11/13/03 Thu
In reply to: lucien 's message, "Re: my cd-rom won't read dvd's" on 08:10:45 04/23/03 Wed

>>I got some software that's supposed to make it so my
>>CD-ROM will play DVDs but even though the software is
>>installed, it won't acknowledge that there is a DVD in
>>the drive. It does read regular discs though. Any
>>ideas how to get it to read the DVD?

There is no way! It has to do with hardware, not software, unless it is a recent cd-rom and MAYBE the manufacturer just disabled the DVD player capabilities, but I HIGHLY DOUBT IT!!
DVD's use a smaller laser wavelength, which allows for smaller "holes" in the cd/dvd, which allows more data to be stored. Without this laser, and probably other stuff, it won't work. Forget it.

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