[buzzradio]

My DVD Drive won't read any media. Audio CD's or data disc's. When I put in an audio CD i-tunes does not recognized.Run i-Tunes diagnostics - get error message. No audio CD detected.

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Hello buzzradio,

Does your DVD/CD Drive show up in Start > My Computer?

One of these steps may help.

1:
Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Start > (right-click)My Computer > Properties > (in the Hardware tab for XP users, or on the top left for Vista/7) Device Manager
Uninstall the drive.
Restart your computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.

2:
Follow instructions here: LINK
Be sure to follow steps for YOUR operating system only. Also try the Fix it for me tip.
Restart your computer.

3:
Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double-click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right-click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart your computer.

4:
Go to Device Manager again, click the "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right-click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart your computer. They'll be automatically reinstalled.

Kudos to Broni for the instructions

[ersatz]

Hello buzzradio,

Does your DVD/CD Drive show up in Start > My Computer?

One of these steps may help.

1:
Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Start > (right-click)My Computer > Properties > (in the Hardware tab for XP users, or on the top left for Vista/7) Device Manager
Uninstall the drive.
Restart your computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.

2:
Follow instructions here: LINK
Be sure to follow steps for YOUR operating system only. Also try the Fix it for me tip.
Restart your computer.

3:
Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double-click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right-click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart your computer.

4:
Go to Device Manager again, click the "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right-click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart your computer. They'll be automatically reinstalled.

Kudos to Broni for the instructions