dvd drive wont read legit vista dvd

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Vista Guru
This has got me totally stumped!!!

My other pc has a Sony AW-G170ASV IDE dvd-rw drive but is unable to read a vista dvd for some reason. As i understand, vista uses dual layer dvd so i assumed the drive might not be able to read dual layer, but realised its the same one as mine (which i used to install vista on my pc).

So i thought maybe the drive is dusty or damaged (the pc this drive used to be in was a pile of junk with constant hard restarts & crashes).

However it is able to read gears of war which i assume is a dual layer dvd coz it has 7gb worth of data on it.

Asus p5k-e wifi/app
C2D E6550
nvidia 9600
WD 160gb hard drive
 

My Computer

System One

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    Xeon X3360
    Motherboard
    P5W64 WS Pro
    Memory
    Corsair XMS2 8gb @ 5-4-4-12 833mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA Geforce GTX470 SC+
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Extreme Gamer Fatlity Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung T200
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD 1TB RE3
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughower 750w
    Case
    NZXT Lexa Silver
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS10x Extreme
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa Mirror
    Mouse
    Razer Deathadder 3500dpi
    Internet Speed
    24Mb/s
    Other Info
    My massive wifi antenna is in the post!
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