cd rom drive has quit

[Guest]

I was using my cd rw drive just a few days ago to play mp3's from a disk.
Now, when I put a cd with files in the drive the drive just blinks slow at
first then blinks fast and sits there. When I go to my computer and click on
drive d an error pops up and says there is an I/O error. any help would be
appreciated

 

[Jim]

I was using my cd rw drive just a few days ago to play mp3's from a disk.
Now, when I put a cd with files in the drive the drive just blinks slow at
first then blinks fast and sits there. When I go to my computer and click
on
drive d an error pops up and says there is an I/O error. any help would be
appreciated

Certainly has the symptoms of a dead drive. If so, the only cure is
replacement. Check your disks in another drive on another computer.
Jim

 

[Elmo]

I was using my cd rw drive just a few days ago to play mp3's from a disk.
Now, when I put a cd with files in the drive the drive just blinks slow at
first then blinks fast and sits there. When I go to my computer and click on
drive d an error pops up and says there is an I/O error. any help would be
appreciated

CD repair for XP:
http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip

Also try the following. You should back up the registry before making
changes:

Click Start, Run, type Regedit, click OK.
Locate this Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the
data values.
Exit Registry and Reboot

 

[Plato]

I was using my cd rw drive just a few days ago to play mp3's from a disk.
Now, when I put a cd with files in the drive the drive just blinks slow at
first then blinks fast and sits there. When I go to my computer and click on
drive d an error pops up and says there is an I/O error. any help would be
appreciated

CDrom drives dont last forever, often even less time than hard drives
depending on how much you use them.