Cd drive not working

elobire

elobire

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i recently bought this lightscribe optical drive off ebuyer
Sony Optiarc DRU-875S 24x DVD±RW 8x DL & RAM with LightScribe SATA

it worked for a few months then it stopped detecting any cd that i put into it. it sometimes worked when i restarted my pc with the cd inside of it but it no longer detects the cd at all.

does anybody know how to fix this problem?
Thanks.
 
One of these may help:
1. Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
or...
2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116
Restart computer.
or...
3. Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart computer.
or...
4. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.
 
My CD drive wont work. Yesterday I tried to play a CD in it, and nothing came up like it usually does. So I went into My Computer to click the icon and the icon wasnt even there. I went into Device Manager, and the error is: Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged.
 
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