topic Re: Vaio VGN A217S Problems readind CD ROMs in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-a217s-problems-readind-cd-roms/m-p/33466#M113345 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Welcome to the club Robert (I mean that in more ways than one!)<BR /><BR />There are numerous posts from people experiencing exactly the same problem as you, myself included.<BR />Unless you have installed burning software recently, it is probably a hardware problem and as the drive has been working with XP pro installed there is very little chance that a restore will correct anything.<BR />For what it is worth there are a couple of things that you can try. <BR />Firstly a careful clean of the laser lens with a proprietary dry cloth. If that has no effect then try uninstalling the drive in Device Manager, re-boot and let Windows `discover¿ and install the drivers.<BR />Sorry to be the prophet of doom but I wish you luck.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:57:31 GMT rich912 2005-03-26T11:57:31Z Vaio VGN A217S Problems readind CD ROMs https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-a217s-problems-readind-cd-roms/m-p/33462#M113344 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a sony Vaio VGN A217S which came with Windows XP Home. I immediately upgraded to XP Pro and all was well. Just lateley I have had problems that the laptop will not read any CD rom disks, but is perfectly happy with DVD disks. I don't want to do a full recovery or this will take me back to XP Home.<BR />Does anybody know the answer?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:00:09 GMT https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-a217s-problems-readind-cd-roms/m-p/33462#M113344 robertoe 2005-03-26T09:00:09Z Re: Vaio VGN A217S Problems readind CD ROMs https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-a217s-problems-readind-cd-roms/m-p/33466#M113345 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Welcome to the club Robert (I mean that in more ways than one!)<BR /><BR />There are numerous posts from people experiencing exactly the same problem as you, myself included.<BR />Unless you have installed burning software recently, it is probably a hardware problem and as the drive has been working with XP pro installed there is very little chance that a restore will correct anything.<BR />For what it is worth there are a couple of things that you can try. <BR />Firstly a careful clean of the laser lens with a proprietary dry cloth. If that has no effect then try uninstalling the drive in Device Manager, re-boot and let Windows `discover¿ and install the drivers.<BR />Sorry to be the prophet of doom but I wish you luck.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:57:31 GMT https://community.sony.si/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-a217s-problems-readind-cd-roms/m-p/33466#M113345 rich912 2005-03-26T11:57:31Z