Satellite A100 - ODD can't read Win7 installation CD

I have a pro satellite and the satellite a100. I bought a disc of microsoft to replace XP with windows 7 on the a100.

The a100 dvd player will not recognize the drive of w7 but he reads audio and video discs very well.

The satellite pro recognizes the drive of w7 so I think there may be a problem with the dvd-a100 player or its parameters. Can anyone help please?

Hello

There is nothing wrong with the settings because there is no special parameters to read a disc.
If the optical drive does not read the disc, then the disc or the CD/DVD drive isn't OK.

As the disc works in relation to another optical disc drive, I suppose that the s drive laser lens can not handle support for Windows 7.

According to my experience of the issues may appear due to the dirty laser lens.
I recommend you to clean the laser lens using cotton tip and liquid alcohol.

In many cases, this work around simply helped to get the drive recognized again.

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