DVD-RW Reading/Writing Problems

I have a Pioneer DVR-A08 drive, but when I try to use it to read DVDs or DVD-Rs, it will not read them. It is fine when I use it for CD or CD-R discs, but dvds won't work. I thought it might be the drivers, but I'm not too sure. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

hi are these movie dvds that wont play or dvds you created and burned yourself? a silly question: you do have software capable of playing dvds right.

Well, I've tried both. The drive worked before yesterday morning but when I tried to burn discs the drive wasn't recongizing the discs. I've also inserted a commercial dvd but that didn't work either. It just stopped working. I've had the drive for about 8 months

you might try looking in device manager and see if the drive is listed. i have gone through 2 cdrw drives over several years that mysteriously have stopped working also. check out pioneers website for troubleshooting and your computer makers website.

The drives are showing within the control panels. I'm able to use the drive for CD-rs but I just can't use it for DVDs which is weird.

check these web pages;

http://kadaitcha.cx/cdr_cdrw.html

http://www.auldfart.co.uk/dvdq.html

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249840