My VAIO notebook's internal DVD drive has suddenly stopped playing all DVDs' ( they played previously)
The DVD icon appears normally in the Menu . I tried updating drivers and did a DVD uninstall and reinstall all to no effect. I downloaded a microsoft programme which analysed the problem as " no readable media" despite a disk in the tray. Likewise the VIAO troubleshooter came back as no readable media.
The DVD does not sound like it is spinning up at all - just a soft single click sound.
My questions if someone could help:
Any other fix i could try?
If the DVD hardware has failed is it worthwhile to get Sony repair centre to attempt a replace- or do repairs tend to be not worth it.
IN case i dont repair it any recommendation for an external compatable DVD .I dont need anything fancy. Just to watch movies .I dont write DVD's.
Thanks for any pointers.