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From: Pete L on 17 Feb 2010 05:09
My DVD drive on my laptop (Sony VAIO running XP) seems to unable to
read disks - does some but many others not. So, I bought a USB
external DVD drive. When connected my PC recognises it ok but comes up
with I/O Error on drive G. I tried the drive on another PC and it
worked ok. Anybody any idea what is wrong with my laptop?
From: ElJerid on 17 Feb 2010 08:36
Is the external drive self-powered ?
If not, maybe the portable cannot deliver enough power through the USB
connection.

"Pete L" <peterlavington(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My DVD drive on my laptop (Sony VAIO running XP) seems to unable to
> read disks - does some but many others not. So, I bought a USB
> external DVD drive. When connected my PC recognises it ok but comes up
> with I/O Error on drive G. I tried the drive on another PC and it
> worked ok. Anybody any idea what is wrong with my laptop?


From: Pete L on 17 Feb 2010 10:47
On 17 Feb, 13:36, "ElJerid" <s.vanderhaeghen.nos...(a)telenet.be> wrote:
> Is the external drive self-powered ?
> If not, maybe the portable cannot deliver enough power through the USB
> connection.
>
> "Pete L" <peterlaving...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:9ae8624e-aa98-4239-aab1-196e0ff0f61a(a)g28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
>
> > My DVD drive on my laptop (Sony VAIO running XP) seems to unable to
> > read disks - does some but many others not. So, I bought a USB
> > external DVD drive. When connected my PC recognises it ok but comes up
> > with I/O Error on drive G. I tried the drive on another PC and it
> > worked ok. Anybody any idea what is wrong with my laptop?

There were no instructions with it. There are two connectors. One with
a square type connector - like the kind you often get on scanners and
there is also an obvious power connector. However, both cables have
USB's on their ends. Would it get power from each USB socket? Also
when connected this way my PC thinks there are two drives! All very
confusing....
From: Sjouke Burry on 17 Feb 2010 11:50
Pete L wrote:
> On 17 Feb, 13:36, "ElJerid" <s.vanderhaeghen.nos...(a)telenet.be> wrote:
>> Is the external drive self-powered ?
>> If not, maybe the portable cannot deliver enough power through the USB
>> connection.
>>
>> "Pete L" <peterlaving...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:9ae8624e-aa98-4239-aab1-196e0ff0f61a(a)g28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> My DVD drive on my laptop (Sony VAIO running XP) seems to unable to
>>> read disks - does some but many others not. So, I bought a USB
>>> external DVD drive. When connected my PC recognises it ok but comes up
>>> with I/O Error on drive G. I tried the drive on another PC and it
>>> worked ok. Anybody any idea what is wrong with my laptop?
>
> There were no instructions with it. There are two connectors. One with
> a square type connector - like the kind you often get on scanners and
> there is also an obvious power connector. However, both cables have
> USB's on their ends. Would it get power from each USB socket? Also
> when connected this way my PC thinks there are two drives! All very
> confusing....
I suspect a drive letter clash.
Open drive management and choose a different drive letter.
From: Pete L on 17 Feb 2010 12:16
On 17 Feb, 16:50, Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulf...(a)ppllaanneett.nnll>
wrote:
> Pete L wrote:
> > On 17 Feb, 13:36, "ElJerid" <s.vanderhaeghen.nos...(a)telenet.be> wrote:
> >> Is the external drive self-powered ?
> >> If not, maybe the portable cannot deliver enough power through the USB
> >> connection.
>
> >> "Pete L" <peterlaving...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:9ae8624e-aa98-4239-aab1-196e0ff0f61a(a)g28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
>
> >>> My DVD drive on my laptop (Sony VAIO running XP) seems to unable to
> >>> read disks - does some but many others not. So, I bought a USB
> >>> external DVD drive. When connected my PC recognises it ok but comes up
> >>> with I/O Error on drive G. I tried the drive on another PC and it
> >>> worked ok. Anybody any idea what is wrong with my laptop?
>
> > There were no instructions with it. There are two connectors. One with
> > a square type connector - like the kind you often get on scanners and
> > there is also an obvious power connector. However, both cables have
> > USB's on their ends. Would it get power from each USB socket? Also
> > when connected this way my PC thinks there are two drives! All very
> > confusing....
>
> I suspect a drive letter clash.
> Open drive management and choose a different drive letter.

Nope! I changed drive to X. It appears in My Computer as DVD-RAM
Drive(X:) however when I right click and try Explore' a box comes up
with - DVD-RAM Drive(X:) - the request could not be performed because
of an I/O device error. Any other ideas? Thanks
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