Can dvd region setting restore by reinstalling mac os?

I am currently using Mbp and have a dvd drive "MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-867" with Firmware Revision: HA13. Currently set as region 3. Can i restore the number of chances of changing dvd regions to "no regions is set" by reinstalling mac os?

Note that RegionX only works with a region-free drive. Most Mac drives are not region-free; you can determine the status of yours by downloading this utility:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16366/
If your drive is indeed region-locked; there's probably little or nothing you can do. I have not seen any region-lock hacks for any recent SuperDrives.

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Dear All,
I have a Satellite L310 D4011 machine which I recently purchased in which I installed a DVD player software.
I run WinXP. A friend of mine played a music video from UK (Mccartney Live in Red Square) in the DVD player and the original region setting which was at 0 with 5 changes remaining, has gone to 4 changes remaining and the region is now set at 2. I am in India where the region for DVD is 5. If I change to 5, I lose another change option.
I do not want to let my DVD ROM get stuck at 0 options left and in some other region.
Can anyone give me an advice to reset the region back to Zero with five options remaining - the way it was when I bought the laptop?
I shall be extremely grateful. Will the vendor from whom I purchased the laptop be able to set it back to factory setting?
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Hello
In my opinion Toshiba has nothing to do with it. To protect movie industry and their interests all notebook manufacturers offer optical disc drives where you can watch movies with different country code but 5 times only. The last chosen region code will be set as default. So if you have 4 more codes there is no reason for panic. Just continue to watch movies from your favourite region area.
I am 100% sure that Toshiba service or vendor where you purchased your notebook will say that they have nothing to do with it. In drive properties you have clear statement how it works.
Anyway you can try to contact them and ask for help.

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I have not been able to reset dvd region despite having 3 more region adjustments available,error code 70001.Can anywon help with this problem before i throw this piece of junk in the rubbish.

Many users have reported that there machines magicly get there 5 used up. Is there a possibility that anyone could have stuck a DVD in that you were not aware of.
Many users opt to use Mactheripper and make Region Free copies that eliminate this problem.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22715
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My Macbook Pro starts up with a ? on the screen. I've tried the solutions listed in the Support communities on apple.com but continue to have problems.
I've tried to restore the drive from time machine backups but when the Select a Destination screen comes up my hard drive is not listed to restore to.
I also tried to reinstall from the reinstall software but get this same empty screen for both options. Can anyone help? I've been working on this for days to no avail.

Try booting from the Mac OS X Install DVD. Turn on the computer, hold down Option, and then insert the DVD and wait for it to appear in the menu. Select it to boot from it.
Just before you are prompted to install Mac OS X, go to the menu bar and click Utilities > Disk Utility. If your hard drive does not show up, it is probably dead and you need to replace it.
I had the same problem. I made a reservation at the Genius Bar and the guy showed me how to replace the drive myself because I didn't want to pay $150 for them to do it when I could just do it myself for $60. Of course, if you have a warranty or AppleCare package you are covered.
Take it to the Apple Store no matter what, it could be another problem for all I know. They won't charge you unless you want them to fix it and you don't need a warranty or AppleCare to make an appointment.
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DVD Region Setting On The Superdrive

Hi guys... having bought my MBP in the States, of course the DVD player is set to Region1 by default. I wondered if there was anyway to change that in order to enable me to play any region without restrictions?
Or do I have to download a third party DVD player? If so is there a reputable one that works with MBP?
Many thanks in advance for any input...

Carl is not exactly correct.
He is correct that the Apple DVD Drive/Player is capable of playing DVDs from any region out of the box.
This region code is set when you try to play your first DVD. Then you have 5 more times to change the region code.
On the 5th time the region code will be lock to the Region you have set it to.
Detail explanation can be found in Apple's Support Article: "DVD Player: About DVD-Video Regions".
Your alternative is to use what Bob Maher had suggested, the program called "VLC Media Player" or "MPlayer
I hope this helps.
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My DVD player is set to region 1... It is the last time i can change it and I need to change it to region 2 to watch a movie.. but when i try to change it, the DVD player application just crashes and nothing happens, can anybody help please??

Which OS? If you're on 10.8 there's an update... fixed my bug.

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I brought a region 1 disk. I put it in to test it. It asked me to change the region. I did. I then went back to region 2. Later, I put the region 1 disk in again and it asked me to change it. Watched it. The went to play a region 2 disk and it asked me to change the drive. I did. But then the box just disapears, the DVD player shuts down and nothing happens. If I launch the DVD player again, it asks me to change to region 2 again - same thing happens. Tried multiple disks.
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Well how strange. Tried another DVD and it let me change it. Now the first DVD works again.

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I have used my regions up and would like to reset my computer; please let me know if this is possible??????

It is possible with some drives.
You need to find out what your exact drive is and then do a Google search.
Flashing your burner will void your warntee. There is not a Firmware update for all burners.
When you do the search, Type in Your Drive Name and Number and Region Free, and read.
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Can't change DVD region for the last time?

I wish to change the DVD region setting on my emac and have one more left from the 5 changes allowed but when I try to change it, it comes up with an alert along the lines of "There was a problem changing the region on your drive." How can I resolve this? It is a newish 1.25ghz Superdrive model.
PS. Someone commented here that perhaps the count of how many changes have occurred is incorrect? If so, how can I fix that? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2279627&#2279627
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Hi mike,
Happy Holidays! The resource below explains the DVD region setting can be changed.
DVD Player: About DVD-Video regions - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201705
How is the region code set?
The first time you insert a DVD disc in Mac OS X v10.3 or later:
If the disc only supports one region, the DVD drive is set to that region. No dialog box appears if you are logged in as an admin user. This will automatically count against the number of times you can change the region setting (see below).
If the disc supports more than one region, or is region-free, the below dialog appears asking you to choose a region for your DVD drive.
If you later insert a DVD that uses a different region, the above dialog will appear.
You can change the region setting up to 5 times, as indicated in the dialog box. On the fifth time, the drive is permanently set to use that region, and you cannot make any more changes. For example, imagine you have both a Region 1 and Region 2 DVD-Video disc. You insert the Region 1 disc and DVD Player is now set to play only Region 1 discs. You insert the Region 2 disc, and set the drive to play only Region 2 discs. If you continue to switch between the discs, on the fifth time the DVD drive is permanently set to use the region of that disc.
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My current DVD region setting is 1 and I want to change it to 2. I know I have one last chance to do this and when I insert a region 2 DVD I get the dialogue box telling me it:
"This is the last time you can change the drive region code".
When I click on "set drive region" I get the following error message:
"There was a problem chnging the drive region code. Error: -70001"
Can anyone help me? I know for sure I have one more chance to change the code and as I live in Europe I really need it to be code 2,
Thanks.

Hi Michael-
Check out this discussion:
Daniel Jenkins1, "Final Region Change", 09:34am Sep 30, 2005 CDT
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Sorry ... I read but was unfortunately distracted from your original post. You have a system that came with Lion. The Lion that is on your system is only for your computer and cannot be downloaded from the app store again because you never purchased it officially through the App Store.
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