Sony VAIO VGN-NS290J/S Notebook "dvd bad disc message" Questions

bad, it should be able to be replaced by using a jeweler's screw driver and taking out the old and replacing with new. But, in that case, I would still recommend installing a new operating system from

...bad sector. The laptop did not come with a OS disc. If I replace the hard drive how do I add the OS? Remove the HDD and test, replace if necessary. You can contact Samsung, with your laptop Serial ...

...in the correct format, etc. Is there any error message? When you put the disc in, does the DVD drive icon change? You can also try putting the DVD in another DVD player to see if it plays in that

...DVD/CD drive, but all lead to the same message. I am starting to pull my hair out with frustration now, does anyone have any ideas please? Could be the hard drive controller is bad.Sometimes bad ram ...

...DVD, it is not read. I just get back the message "Insert a disc...". I put a disc in and there is no rotation of the CD or that revving sound you hear when you put a CD in a CD drive. the motor went ...

...could try a new DVD as the media itself can be the problem, you could get a couple of bad discs in a row. If you can try a replacement drive or slowing down the burn speed. Let me know how you get ...

...drivers firmware that can be found from the manufactures webpage. try a different DVD disc. If it works, the other disc is bad. You can try to recover it using ddrescue on the knoppix live linux

...DvD drive 1st then the Hard Drive 2nd.  This is the best way because if the hard drive ever goes bad you can put a operating system disc or repair disc into the drive and boot from it.Just be ...

...DVD disc, your disc is bad...if you get this error on your hard drive, it means your drive is failing. try to backup your data if possible and you will need to replace and reinstall all software. if ...

DVD drive to be first in order to boot, save then it will boot up from the disc and attempt a system repair and check your system files are all ok, this may take some time so u leave the PC while it's