Hi, When you did you bought your laptop because if it is more than three year old. Then there may be a chance of having single layer DVD writer/reader only.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Arun Khan <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Balasubramaniam Natarajan > <bala150...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am still searching for answer, I asked a couple of friends they said > > that all DVD player on a computer should be capable of reading Dual > > layer DVD. I even double checked the Dual laver DVD on another > > Desktop the DVD work just fine. It is just my laptop which is not > > capable of detecting the same :-( > > To the best of my knowledge, all desktop and laptop DVD-RW units can > play and burn Dual Layer media. I have had no problems playing the > official Star Wars DVDs on my Linux laptop. > > I have also had DVD units "loose" their functionality over a period of > time e.g. it will read DVD but not able to boot from DVD etc. Your > unit may be in this category. > > My experience with the external USB DVD units has been similar. In > general life expectancy has been about 12-18 months with the units > (desktop, laptop, and USB external) I have had. > > -- Arun Khan > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > -- With Regards, RK, +91 9976294191 _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
