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Laptop not playing DVDs

Simon_Brown_2
Simon_Brown_2 Posts: 28 Forumite
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Another question about Sony laptop:

Sony Vaio SVF152C29M. Using Windows 8.

Will not play DVDs. It has a DVD drive - but does not play any when inserted.
Any ideas?

Thanks.

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  • toshi
    toshi Posts: 308 Forumite
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    Install VLC player to your computer, and see what would happen.



    https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
  • Neil_Jones
    Neil_Jones Posts: 9,748 Forumite
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    Or laser's gone in the DVD drive. No software will fix this, a new drive would be needed.
  • PDC
    PDC Posts: 805 Forumite
    Have you tried a few different disks? - Only mention that as I've ran into this where there are now a few formats of higher capacity DVDs.

    My Laptop will only play standard ones and I've bought a couple of releases more recently only to find it won't play them, but my DVD player will.
  • AndyPix
    AndyPix Posts: 4,847 Forumite
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    Does the laptop acknowledge that there is a disk in the drive ?
    Can you browse the contents, or is it as if there is no disk ?


    The answers determine the fix
  • Simon_Brown_2
    Simon_Brown_2 Posts: 28 Forumite
    Thanks for all the replies.
    I haven't got the DVD with me at the moment.

    I'll try a few and see.
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