cdrom drive open cd but dont display cd contents

[makhan10]

hi,
when i insert a cd into cdrom, cdrom light blinks like its reading
the cd, but nothing shows up in cdrom drive. i can open the drive (f:
\) but no contents are shown.

i tried to boot from winxp cd, it also didnt work. cdrom light
blinked for long time like it was trying to read cd but then it booted
into windows, instead of winxp setup. when there is no cd or
unbootable cd, the system displays the message cd rom FAILURE on
booting up i.e. it didnt recognize the un bootable cd or didnt detect
any cd in it.

i uninstalled the cdrom from device manager and winxp
installed it automatically on next boot up but it didnt help also.

thanks.

 

[Juan Perez]

Hi:

Since when you started to have this problem?

The fact that you tried to boot from your Windows Xp cd and have the same
problem, could lead us to a hardware problem.

If you try the same media CD, in another computer do you have the same
problem or it is able to boot?

If the media works in another computer, we can assume that you have a faulty
cd-rom drive.

Let us know