A few days ago I installed the window vista on my gateway laptop, after that
my drive stopped recognizing disks in my dvd/cd drive. Drive
runs for about 5 seconds then stops like there is no disk in it. If you go
to my computer to try and find the disk, it is not there. Any advice???

"HEEEEEEEEELP!" wrote:

> A few days ago I installed the window vista on my gateway laptop, after that
> my drive stopped recognizing disks in my dvd/cd drive. Drive
> runs for about 5 seconds then stops like there is no disk in it. If you go
> to my computer to try and find the disk, it is not there. Any advice???

I am also having the same problem. Files (documents) that are saved to a CD
and will open with XP on several other computers will do nothing on the
computer with VISTA.
When I try to open them with the RUN comand everything stops responding

"HEEEEEEEEELP!" wrote:

> A few days ago I installed the window vista on my gateway laptop, after that
> my drive stopped recognizing disks in my dvd/cd drive. Drive
> runs for about 5 seconds then stops like there is no disk in it. If you go
> to my computer to try and find the disk, it is not there. Any advice???

Try this below and let us know

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
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"HEEEEEEEEELP!" <HEEEEEEEEELP!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A5106D41-B9C8-409E-9F2F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>A few days ago I installed the window vista on my gateway laptop, after that
> my drive stopped recognizing disks in my dvd/cd drive. Drive
> runs for about 5 seconds then stops like there is no disk in it. If you go
> to my computer to try and find the disk, it is not there. Any advice???

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> Try this below and let us know
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "HEEEEEEEEELP!" <HEEEEEEEEELP!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A5106D41-B9C8-409E-9F2F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >A few days ago I installed the window vista on my gateway laptop, after that
> > my drive stopped recognizing disks in my dvd/cd drive. Drive
> > runs for about 5 seconds then stops like there is no disk in it. If you go
> > to my computer to try and find the disk, it is not there. Any advice???
>

I did not upgrade from XP to Vista. This is a totally new computer and Vista
came installed. Does this fix still apply? I was able to launch installation
discs, etc., but no saved documents or pictures.

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> Try this below and let us know
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "HEEEEEEEEELP!" <HEEEEEEEEELP!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A5106D41-B9C8-409E-9F2F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >A few days ago I installed the window vista on my gateway laptop, after that
> > my drive stopped recognizing disks in my dvd/cd drive. Drive
> > runs for about 5 seconds then stops like there is no disk in it. If you go
> > to my computer to try and find the disk, it is not there. Any advice???
>

Third party software like Roxio, Nero and iTunes can affect the registry this
way too. So, yes you should see if this is your problem.

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"SHORTIE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9587C617-9258-4DEC-99DF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I did not upgrade from XP to Vista. This is a totally new computer and Vista
> came installed. Does this fix still apply? I was able to launch installation
> discs, etc., but no saved documents or pictures.
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>
>> Try this below and let us know
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>
>> "HEEEEEEEEELP!" <HEEEEEEEEELP!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A5106D41-B9C8-409E-9F2F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >A few days ago I installed the window vista on my gateway laptop, after that
>> > my drive stopped recognizing disks in my dvd/cd drive. Drive
>> > runs for about 5 seconds then stops like there is no disk in it. If you go
>> > to my computer to try and find the disk, it is not there. Any advice???
>>