Something's up with my DVD drive...

[ShiningClefairy]

When I try to watch or burn a DVD, it goes really skippy. The audio is messed up, and the video ghosts.

I have just gotten InterVideo WinDVD Copy 4. I was trying to burn a DVD earlier, but the program seemed to have stopped responding, so I ended the task while it was burning (which was probably bad...).

Then, when I put the same DVD back into my drive, it did the thing that it does when the drive is reading the DVD. The drive wouldn't open, so I had to restart the computer, and then it opened.

Please help me. I am willing to buy a new DVD burning drive, if I need to, though I'm not sure if it's my drive or my computer...

 

[ShiningClefairy]

No, it's something to do with the DVD functionality (or the drive). The normal CD-ROM drive seems to be working fine, and I've only had my PC since December. If it were OS rot, that would be pitiful on Microsoft's side.

 

[ShiningClefairy]

I don't have any data DVD's... that I know of. Just video, really.

 

[ShiningClefairy]

I didn't end out using a data CD, but I came to the conclusion that it's either the drive or my computer's interface with the drive. What software on your computer is interfacing with the drive? I mean like, drivers or whatever.

I know for a fact that it's the drive, because I tried installing something on CD-ROM using that drive, and I got the same kind of lag. Then, I installed something using my basic CD-ROM drive and it installed without that lag.

"That lag" made the mouse move skippy, like when you are running virus scans on old computers.

 

[ShiningClefairy]

<EDIT> My previous problem is gone. It's one problem after another...

When I put a DVD-RW into the drive, the drive changes to a CD-ROM drive, according to Windows Explorer.