Windows – How to copy a DVD to another DVD using a single DVD drive

Although having changed the device, the driver may still be left-over from the previous incarnation. You might have a look if the manufacturer distributes a driver for this model (and I mean first the manufacturer of the drive, then that of the computer).

You might next try to delete the device and IDE channel :

1. In Device Manager, expand first "DVD/CD ROM drives", right-click the right entry and choose Uninstall.
2. Expand "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers", double-click on IDE Channels until you find one that says in the tab Advanced Settings "Atapi Cdrom", exit the dialog, right-click on the entry and choose Uninstall.
3. Reboot.

Before doing all this, take backups and a system restore point, just in case.

I've had good results with IsoBuster when nothing else worked on an important disc (Roadkil worked with an HDD but not for this disc unfortunately):

The Pro version's not free but you can click the "Free Functionality" button when prompted during install and see if it suffices.

I also highly recommend you try accessing the disc with multiple drives, especially from different manufacturers (but the drives should have similar capabilities, i.e. don't use DVD+RW and DVD-RW drives since they might see different track layouts on the same disc). The reason for this is that some drives will often be better than others at reading all or different parts of the same damaged disc. The age of a drive and the amount of usage it has seen obviously also matters in how well the read laser can perform, especially with R/RW discs burnt using a writer (as compared to commercially stamped discs).

IsoBuster allows you to create so-called managed image files (.IBP + .IBQs) and "fill in the blanks" if a different drive can read sections of the disc that yours could not. Once all the blanks are filled, the user or audio/video or raw data can be extracted from the managed image in various formats, including plain files/folders (when relevant), ISO/BIN+CUE images etc.

As a last resort after you've attempted filling in the blanks using multiple drives, follow the various tutorials on the net and polish your discs carefully (and never in a circular manner!) using toothpaste or Brasso, or get them "resurfaced" at a shop that offers this service. Once you've done this, you can try filling in the blanks once more and hope the final missing bits can be retrieved successfully.