It occasionally reads audio cds if you open them with Windows Media Player, however it will not read any form of DVD and i am trying to install my Norton Anti-Virus and i cannot do so beacuse the laptop will not read the disc.
It is likely that your dvd drive is defective. the drive is held in by one screw either on the bottom or under the keyboard. once you pull it out you will see the model number for it and then can find one either at a good computer store or on ebay and replace it and your problem will be fixed
The Dell Inspiron 531 is a desktop personal computer with a Microsoft Windows operating system. An Inspiron equipped with a CD burner can be used to record audio discs using Windows Media Player, which comes installed on the Inspiron as a standard part of the software package Dell loads onto its computers. Blank, recordable discs and pre-recorded audio CDs are the only supplies needed for the project.
Read more: How to Burn Audio CDs With Dell Inspiron 531 ' eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_6210098_burn-cds-dell-inspiron-531.html#ixzz1XyrRh8L7
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no it will not read any form of disc; dvd, cd, program discs...nothing. I have looked in the device manager and it says there is nothing wrong with the drive, it worked for a little while then it stopped working, so i did a system recovery and it worked for a little while and then it stopped working again.
Has it read othe DVD's? Like a movie? Didn't know Norton was using DVD's. I think they still use CD's
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