DVD drive spins, but doesn't recognize disk

[LAB4]

When I insert a disk (music CD, DVD, computer CD) into my DVD drive, the
light goes on, it spins for a while, but eventually stops without
recognizing the disk. In Windows Explorer (for example), I click on the
drive and it says "Please insert a disk in drive D:".

Any chance this is software-related? If so, thoughts on fixing it?

LB

 

[Ken Blake]

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When I insert a disk (music CD, DVD, computer CD) into my DVD
drive,
the light goes on, it spins for a while, but eventually stops
without
recognizing the disk. In Windows Explorer (for example), I
click on
the drive and it says "Please insert a disk in drive D:".

Any chance this is software-related? If so, thoughts on fixing
it?

Larry try here and see there's any help for you:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321641

or

http://tinyurl.com/45pe5

 

[Travis King]

Is it just one disc in particular or ANYTHING you throw at it? If it's just
one disc or one brand of disc, it is probably the disc, but if just about
everything you try it won't read, you might want to try buying a CD ROM that
cleans your CD drive's lense or lastly, you MIGHT be having a CD drive that
is going bad.

 

[Black Baptist]

LAB4 rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

When I insert a disk (music CD, DVD, computer CD) into my DVD drive, the
light goes on, it spins for a while, but eventually stops without
recognizing the disk. In Windows Explorer (for example), I click on the
drive and it says "Please insert a disk in drive D:".

Any chance this is software-related? If so, thoughts on fixing it?

LB

Set it's IDE controller to DMA mode