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Hi,

I've inherited an ancient PC running Windows Millenium that has a Toshiba SD-R1102 DVD-ROM, current firmware version 1012. It's going to be converted to a linux box, but the drive's so old/knackered that it won't read the install DVD. Googling has led me to believe that the DVD format may be too modern for the drive and that a firmware upgrade will solve the problem. Is this correct?

If someone can put me straight on this, and preferably give a link to a newer firmware download, I'd be really gateful.

Cheers

Steve

the drive should be able to read DVDROM fine, is it all DVD's, or just this install one?

Exactly. If there is a problem with a pressed DVD then either the drive needs cleaning or its knackered...

It's just this install DVD that can't be read. Movies reads & runs without error.
The install DVD reads fine in a drive on a newer XP box, so there no problem with the disc. Like you say, most probably an old/knackered DVD-ROM drive.

Thanks for the help

sounds as if there is content or its a type of DVD, that the machine is finding hard to read

Maybe you could create a copy of the disk and try with the copy then.