General Technology & Troubleshooting Topics

[#1]

I have a tecra 8100 that I purchased from a friend used. The problem I'm having is that I can't watch DVD's. There is no video driver installed, but there is CD-rom drive. I have windows XP currently installed and I have all the installation disks. Can someone please tell me what I need to do to get my laptop to play DVD's.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

If you have a CD Rom drive you will not be able you watch DVD's. You will have to get a DVD drive in order to watch them.

[#3]

You'll need not only a DVD drive, but to watch commercial DVD videos you need to install a decoder.

   Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility

[#4]

Hey, I appreciate the help. After  I buy the DVD drive I'll install the video decoder.

[#5]

Thank you so much for your help. I will purchase a DVD drive.

[#6]

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purchased from a friend used

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Tecra 8100

The specs are above.

User's Guide is here.

   Tecra 8100 Series User's Guide

The PA3014U-2DVD DVD-ROM Drive fits your machine.