My computer says that my drive is empty when it is not...

I have a toshiba satellite l300 with windows vista and a dvd - r with pictures on it, and whenever I try to watch the photos told me that the disk is empty, but if I try to put something else on the disc it then told me that the disk is write protected.
I know for a fact that the photos are on the dvd because I can play with my Xbox 360 and also my dvd player, and I also watched them at my friend using their computer.
Does anyone know why my computer says dvd is blank when it clearly isn't?
I did not burn the dvd, that it was given to me so I don't know anything about how it is burned, but I know that the photos ARE out there and I really need to find a way to get them on my computer.

Hello

Some discs will not work on other machines to due to different alignment problems. Other discs work on your machine, or just one or a few? If only a few then the tolerance of the machine and your unit are on opposite sides of the authorized spectrum. You might even find some discs burn you work on another computer when those burned on it will not work on your. This is because your drive is in fact several devices in one box and the tolerance of each part can be defined in different. Readers can be re-aligned however normally it's really not worth doing.

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If you have problems with all the drives check the below:

Try this double click Control Panel - Device Manager - CD/DVD - device - tab - click on update drivers (this will probably do nothing) - then RIGHT click the drive of the driver - UNINSTALL - REBOOT this will refresh the default driver stack.

Then work your way through these - don't forget the drive might be bad, might have a cable loose or slight corrosion on the contacts (usually for a laptop) and other issues.

Your CD or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060 - a Mr Fixit

Try this fix manually if the Fixit 314060 does not work
http://www.pchell.com/hardware/cd_drive_error_code_39.shtml

Your CD or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs-
a Mr Fixit
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/982116

The CD drive or the DVD drive does not work as expected on a computer that you upgraded to Windows Vista
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929461

When you insert a CD or a DVD, Windows Vista may not recognize the disc
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/939052

Your CD or DVD drive cannot read or write media - A Mr Fixit
http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/cd_dvd_drive_problems

CD/DVD drive does not appear in Windows Vista, or you receive this error during the installation of Windows Vista after booting from the DVD (AHCI)
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/952951
Drive CD - R or CD - RW Drive is not recognized as a recordable device
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/316529/

Another possibility is that the cables are loose. Remove ALL power, then make sure that the cables in both
ends. Remove and replace, do not just tight. For laptops, you can often clean power and
contacts data with a pencil eraser.

I hope this helps.
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