Windows Explorer freezing

[Sugaree]

So I'm trying to watch a movie on my PC and I go to Computer to access my DVD drive. Well, I right click on the drive name and Windows Explorer just froze on me. I tried putting the DVD in and then accessing it via Media Player, but that just froze Media Player also. Does anyone know what might be causing this and is there a way to fix the problem?

[Commander Thor]

Sounds to me like your DVD drive is going bad (At least the DVD laser part of it is).

Do any other DVDs work in the drive?

[Sugaree]

Yes, other DVDs work in the drive, so it must be something wrong with the DVD I'm trying out then right?

[Commander Thor]

Could be, does the DVD work in any other DVD drives/players?

[Sugaree]

It works in my DVD player just fine. I don't have any other computers at my disposal with DVD drives at the moment, so I wouldn't know.

[Fusion]

Is the disc scratched at all?, I know a few of my discs have only minor scratches and will not work in my computer.

[Sugaree]

No, it's clean. I checked it in my DVD player again and now it won't play at all. So it might have been something wrong with the DVD (maybe a problem with encoding?).

[Katrina]

Have you tried running the DVD on any other PC?
If it works there try updating your drive's firmware.

[Fusion]

No, it's clean. I checked it in my DVD player again and now it won't play at all. So it might have been something wrong with the DVD (maybe a problem with encoding?).

Could very well be, or that your dvd drive just doesn't like it, have you got the newest driver/ firmware for the drive?