Many thanks for this. It will take some time to digest and check everything you suggest. it was upgraded from Windows 7. Inadvertently - it just happened. The CDROM is of the vihuela books and the music CD was newish. I don't want to take up too much of anyone's time so I'll try what you suggest and see what happens.
Thanks to others who also replied. Best Monica ----Original Message---- From: [email protected] Date: 09/05/2016 18:45 To: "mjlhall@tiscali. co.uk"<[email protected]> Subj: Re: [LUTE] Not really a lute question but... Hi Monica, First thing: is this a problem with one CD or all of them? (Had to ask.) If it is just one, inspect the surface (not the label side) with reflected light and look for oil, finger- grease, scratches, etc. Inspect the label side for damage to the inner circumference of the metal layer: that's where the 'table of contents' resides, and if it is damaged, the CD might not be recognized. A couple of needed questions: Did you buy this computer with windows 10 on it, or is this an upgrade? Did the computer come with a CD drive? (Hey, at least I'm not asking if you turned it off and back on again!) If it's not a problem with 'legacy hardware' and drivers that aren't available for Windows 10', you should be able to play CDs using (I kid you not) "Groove Music and Movies and TV". This is Microsoft's new jukebox. It should be in the "All Programs" list accessible from the start button. If you prefer something familiar, you can find the Windows Media Player (which is included in Win10) by using the WindowsKey +R combination, then typing wmplayer.exe <return> When it appears in the search list, right click it and select "Pin to taskbar", then it's easier to find when you need it. That's what you have to do to play a CD if the computer recognizes the CD player. If it doesn't, it gets harder. The default CD/DVD reader/writer drivers in Windows10 _should_ work with anything that isn't physically defective. You should be able to buy a USB DVD/CD player (writer, etc) and plug it in and use it without problems. If your problem is that the CD player is not recognized by the computer, it may be that it isn't getting a good connection. On a notebook computer, some CD/DVD drivers can be removed, and if they are not put all the way back in properly, they might not. In that case, taking them out and putting them back in works. If you have a desktop, and it was worked on recently or went to a shop to have the Win10 update, it is possible that the CD was disconnected, and not hooked back up. Fixing that requires getting into the box and hooking it back up, and usually, if it was because someone serviced it and forgot to hook it back up, they should be happy to correct it. (And test it!) Beyond that, you really shouldn't have to go searching for CD/DVD drivers, unless the drive is very weird and came with its own driver disk. If it did, the likelihood of finding drivers for win10 that support it is very small. If it was very expensive, the manufacturer's web site might have updated drivers. It'd make more sense just to replace it (especially because the drives have been improved a lot since the days of specialized drivers.) If you get through all this without success, or have questions, feel free to write back, I'll do what I can. Best regards, Ray On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 12:00 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know how to play CDs or CDROMS on Windows 10. Does seem to > have any drives for this... > Best wishes to all. > Monica > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html> To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
