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i have a dvd/cdrom and all was working well . i was converting a dvd to vob files when the cat jumped onto the keyboard and all froze . cntrl/alt would not work so i took dvd out and rebooted . THE problem now is that dvd/cdrom wont read any dvd disc i tried system restore but no luck . the dvd/cdrom says there is no disc in the drive but there is . it reads music cd s i uninstalled the drive and reinstall but still wont read dvd

At a total loss. Nothing you could type on the keyboard would have caused a problem like that.

May just be a coincidence.

There are usually two seperate lasers in a DVD drive - one to read CDs and one to read DVDs (and often a 3rd laser for burning). Could be the DVD laser has failed.

i was hoping that this was not the case .what do you recomend as a good replacement pref one that i can make region free

Is Device Manager still seeing the drive as a DVD drive? If not you may try unplugging the IDE cable and plugging it back in while the power is completely unhooked from the system.

yes it still sees it as dvd-rom