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CD/DVD Drive Not Working

Started by dp9439 , Nov 04 2008 12:46 PM

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dp9439

Posted 04 November 2008 - 12:46 PM

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My CD/DVD drive has stopped working and it used to work before, like about a week ago or so it worked. Can someone help me with this?

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SRX660

Posted 04 November 2008 - 01:32 PM

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4,345 posts

Reset the data and power cable connections in the computer. If the drive does not start to spin up when you insert a CD in it then i would think about a replacement drive. In XP and Vista Autorun should start the CD even if windows cant read it. If the drive does start, beyond a bad data cable connection, usually the reading eye in the drive had died or has so much dirt in the eye it can't read anything.

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