i have a HP laptop,running windows 8, runs regualar dvd's ok, but not blue rays, says disc is empty
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Commercial Blu-ray discs with movies are encrypted, you need special software to decode them.
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It worked for mine quite well. Not sure will be working for you or not. My laptop is flat as well which has no DVD drive.
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I have a notebook that didn't come with a cd player and I have a external lightscribe. I can get it to work with Windows 8 cd's but I can't get it to do DVD's. I need to see if there is an update for it to windows 8.
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Windows 8 needs the Pro Pack and Media Center to play DVD's on this. It'll play CD's just fine. I didn't add any other software to play DVD's.
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I got it to read DVDs and CDs after a week of frustration. Win 8.1 Pro 64bit had installed it twice with the 2006 Microsoft DVD/CD driver with both instances hidden in Device Manager showing both as not connected. I uninstalled both and rebooted it reinstalled and is working now. I haven't tried burning anything or playing Blu Ray disks. I've seen in some forums that Win 8 doesn't provide software for viewing Blu Ray and that you need a third party app.
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Mine is ROM. And I had to get a player for my DVD's since Windows 8 wont allow you to view DVD's
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also make sure there is no finger prints or dirt on the disc before reinstalling it what os do u have
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It's running fine on my win 8.1 computer. To do any copying of cds/dvds/blurays, or to watch movies of these, you will need separate software though. None is included.
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It's hard to say, however it is most likely your laptop. You do need software on your computer that can play DVD's. I've personally used this drive to play DVD's without issue.
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There isnt a disc drive on this computer. Odd, I know. But i think the more techy things are getting, things like that are phasing out on laptops.
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There should be a disk in the drive try putting that in your tower cd drive . P.S. that's why I got a refund.
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I had to download software as the software that was included with the one I received did not work with windows 8.1 you'll need software to play blu rays and I just googled that.
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I am not sure. I have the discs if you are interested. I now have Windows8 and cant use them. Let me know.
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Yes I'm running windows 7 but mine did not come with software for the drive. I already had software on a disc from one I bought 2 years ago from another source. Total Media Extreme 2 will probably play both HD DVD and blu ray disc. You can usally find it on a trial basis online.
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Don't know if this will help, but I put the DVD in a different computer, transferred the files to a USB drive, then put it on my laptop that doesn't have a cd/dvd drive.. worked for me..
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I don't have any Blu-Ray discs and cannot find any reference whether or not this computer will play them. I assume that it does not.
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Mine is OK. Since I bought I used in two different computers. Played blu-ray, DVD, CD, everything. I had to install a proper software first. I use Cyberlink PowerDVD 13.