DVD drive does not read SOME discs

Hello there,
My DVD drive had been working fine for the last 2 years, but now it sometimes simply won't read some film DVDs. The problem is not related to the DVD area thing. What happens is that I put the disc in the drive, it spends a long time spinning the disc around, and then nothing happens: explorer just shows as if there was no disc in the drive.
My laptop is a HP Compaq 6715s. My system is Windows XP SP3. My drive lists as a HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20L. (For some reason, although I only have one physical drive, another device is listed in the Device Manager just underneath the GSA-T20L: a TSHAJWP XAZ0TU7SPEF SCSI CdRom. But I believe this is a virtual drive created by Deamon emulator?).
All hints and help would be greatly appreciated!
Best,
Pedro

Also, I forgot to say that I have tested the films that don't work in my machine elsewhere, so I am certain the problem is not in the discs themselves.

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