CD/DVD Won't Work

[Michael Hobby]

Whenever I put a disc in my D drive the activity light illuminates for a few
seconds then goes out and the drive does not appear to read the disc.

If I then click on a program that requires a disc in the D drive I get a
message telling me to put in the disc or that there is no disc in the drive.

Can anyone help please?

 

[Guest]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321641
Look through the above link and sub links and see if any apply..
j;-j

 

[Steven Wabik]

my evo n600c laptop had the same issue.
but then that laptop is like 6 years old.
what kind of DVD or CD are you trying to read?
(cd-r, cd-rw, dvd-r, dvd-rw, dvd+r, dvd+rw, game CD/DVD, or what?)
how old is your pc and what is the make and modle of it?
sometimes when i pc is p[ast a certian age it is not compatible with certian
types of CDs ans DVDs

from,
Steven

 

[jonah]

Whenever I put a disc in my D drive the activity light illuminates for a few
seconds then goes out and the drive does not appear to read the disc.

If I then click on a program that requires a disc in the D drive I get a
message telling me to put in the disc or that there is no disc in the drive.

Can anyone help please?

Can you see the drive listed in My Computer?

I have a cheapish laptop that is forever missing its DVD ROM because
the IDE connection works loose when its being carted about. I fix it
by very firmly pushing the tray in and applying considerable pressure
at certain points - which remakes the connection. I will fix it
properly one day.

As a matter of interest the Drive only ever goes missing when I have
no access to any other machine or network PC ie when I really need it,
typical!

Jonah