cd-rom/dvd-drive won't read

sleepygirl · 12-28-2005, 08:19 PM

i just bought a new computer a couple of weeks ago, an acer aspire
well i was doing just fine until reacently when it decided it didn't want to read any cd's anymore. it only has one drive and well it doesn't open up on the screen and when you go to "my computer" it says there is nothing in the drive.
what do i do ? what's wong with it ?
it worked fine a couple of days ago , i put loads of cd's in and now it won't read anything.

thanks

**Praetor** · 12-29-2005, 12:52 PM

1. It is absolutely quite possible that the drive has burnt itself out

Not likely ... but possible (ive done it)

2. If you've got burner problems, what you might need to do is to uninstall the drive from Windows, reboot and let Windows automatically reinstall the device for you. To do so, (1) Control Panel, (2) System, (3) Hardware, (4) Device Manager, (5) Expand the DVD/CD-ROM Drives entry, right click on thr troublesome drive and uninstall it. Now simply reboot and let Windows try and repair itself.

12-28-2005, 08:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
sleepygirl New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1	cd-rom/dvd-drive won't read i just bought a new computer a couple of weeks ago, an acer aspire well i was doing just fine until reacently when it decided it didn't want to read any cd's anymore. it only has one drive and well it doesn't open up on the screen and when you go to "my computer" it says there is nothing in the drive. what do i do ? what's wong with it ? it worked fine a couple of days ago , i put loads of cd's in and now it won't read anything. thanks

12-29-2005, 12:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	1. It is absolutely quite possible that the drive has burnt itself out Not likely ... but possible (ive done it) 2. If you've got burner problems, what you might need to do is to uninstall the drive from Windows, reboot and let Windows automatically reinstall the device for you. To do so, (1) Control Panel, (2) System, (3) Hardware, (4) Device Manager, (5) Expand the DVD/CD-ROM Drives entry, right click on thr troublesome drive and uninstall it. Now simply reboot and let Windows try and repair itself. __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

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