DVR DRIVE problem ON VGC-V3S

[joestockil]

I have a VGC-V3S and the DVD drive has stopped working. It will read CDs but for some reason will not read DVDs. Can anyone help me fix this problem?

[Blencogo]

Ho joestockil and welcome.

Will it boot from your DVD Recovery Discs?

If it does then you have a software problem and it is probably fixable. If it does not then it is likely you will need a new drive because the DVD laser is probably faulty.

[joestockil]

Hi,

I just tried to do that and now it will do northing at all. When I switch th ePC on it gets as far as the VAIO splash and stops, even without the recovery DVD inserted. To make matters worse I don't have a full recovery set on CD, just DVD