CD & DVD won't read

[Michael]

My computer stopped reading my CD & DVD drive. When I
insert a CD or DVD and try to RUN it from the start menu
I get the following message: Please insert a disk into
drive E:. It does not seem to see the cd. However, if I
uninstall the device in device manager and reboot, my
cd & dvd rom will work until I reboot again. The CDROM
is a TDK veloCD 48/16/48 Internal CD ReWriter. The DVD
is a noname. I am using Windows XP home. My motherboard
is an ASUS P4SDX. Finally, as far as I'm aware, the
drives have all the latest updates. This problem began
after performing a fresh install (not upgrade) of XP.

PS - I've read other posts on this subject and no one's
question seems to ever get answered. Questions are
asked, but then no final solution posted to their reply.

 

[Pat]

I am getting the same message about inserting a disc when
there is one in there. - so hopefully someone will
answer you and then we will both know.

 

[Paula]

Same thing is happening to me I did the XP update though
and then it happened ?? Compaq told me its my windows
software ?? but I didnt pay them to fix it (yet?)

 

[Mike]

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm - look under missing CD Drive

 

[N Millsap]

Hi Paula. I'm one of the other 'posts' with a cd/dvd problem, and I
must say that you are quite correct in your observation that no one's
problem ever seems to get solved. I think that maybe the so-called
experts that are here supposedly to answer questions don't know any more
than the rest of us. (Just a thought).
Norm
| Same thing is happening to me I did the XP update though
| and then it happened ?? Compaq told me its my windows
| software ?? but I didnt pay them to fix it (yet?)
| >-----Original Message-----
| >I am getting the same message about inserting a disc
| when
| >there is one in there. - so hopefully someone will
| >answer you and then we will both know.
| >>-----Original Message-----
| >>My computer stopped reading my CD & DVD drive. When I
| >>insert a CD or DVD and try to RUN it from the start
| menu
| >>I get the following message: Please insert a disk into
| >>drive E:. It does not seem to see the cd. However, if
| >I
| >>uninstall the device in device manager and reboot, my
| >>cd & dvd rom will work until I reboot again. The CDROM
| >>is a TDK veloCD 48/16/48 Internal CD ReWriter. The DVD
| >>is a noname. I am using Windows XP home. My
| >motherboard
| >>is an ASUS P4SDX. Finally, as far as I'm aware, the
| >>drives have all the latest updates. This problem began
| >>after performing a fresh install (not upgrade) of XP.
| >>
| >>PS - I've read other posts on this subject and no one's
| >>question seems to ever get answered. Questions are
| >>asked, but then no final solution posted to their reply.
| >>
| >>.
| >>
| >.
| >

 

[rob]

OK, this was absolutely no help at all, just like
everything else i've read on this newsgroup. I'm
beginning to agree with the others above. I've spent 3
hours here and am no closer to fixing my problem than when
I started.