I just suddenly started having a problem where my computer would boot up all the way to the desktop and suddenly freeze about 2-5 minutes later.

I tried a system restore, but this did not fix the problem, so I had to do a factory restore. My DVD drive read the Recovery Disks just fine, and the restore process was successful.... until I realized that, while my DVD drive can read discs during the boot up process, it does not read them while in Windows (this goes for software disks and burned disks).

I have a an HP Pavilion DV9548us, with (from the device driver) an HL-DT-ST DVDRAM BSA-T20L ATA Device operating on Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)

Anyone have suggestions on what I did wrong??

Hi fauxrebel,
Welcome to PCHF.

Apologies about the delay in replying to you.
We have a staff of techs who have a wide variety of skills and will be able to help you with your problem, this is not my area of expertise, one of the folks who can help you should be along shortly.
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Thank you for your reply. I am still hoping to find a solution, but I'm patient