My laptop has a Matshita uj8b1as DVD/r/RW drive, and recently it started refusing to read data from DVDs, I thought there was something wrong with the setting of the software so I reinstalled Windows 7. But even with Windows 7 freshly installed, it still wouldn't read from a DVD.
I wanted to know if this is a hardware failure, so i tried loading a boot CD when the computer booted up. The drive read the boot CD without problems. but the Drive wouldn't read the DVD I put in there.
I also looked into •HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE •SYSTEM •CurrentControlSet •Control •Class •{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} and did not find upper and lower filters
When a DVD is loaded, I double clicked on DVD/CD RW drive in My Computer, the DVD R/RW ejects and says "Insert a disc, Please insert a Disk to Drive F:" I tried everything I knew how to do (reinstalling Windows 7, Uninstalling the driver and reinstalling it in Windows Device Manager) but I still couldn't fix the problem. I want to be able to use the drive again. I really appreciate your help!