my cd/DVD-RW drive still reads CDs but will read is no longer the dvd? Help please?

I have a laptop toshiba satellite I just purchased aprox. 3 months ago. everything worked very well and the about 2 weeks ago, I went 2 play a dvd, and it will read is more them.ive since searhing forums and faq. as anyone can relate to, it's very frustrating because I have about 175 gb of stuff I burn 2 DVDs on the laptop.

Hello

Well, it is possible to distance it's the brand of double layer discs
you use (assuming that the drive can read discs double layers).
Or the drive has a hardware problem.

I hope this helps.

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