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411471 2005-12-09 20:09:00 My cd drive is not working!!!! When you insert a cd the little cd icon appears by the mouse cursor, but nothing happens. When I open up My Computer the icon says DVD Drive ( D: ) [and not the album title as it used to].
When I double click on it I get the error message: "Windows cannot read from this disk. The disk might be corrupted or it could be using a format that is not compatible with Windows". I double click again and it says "please insert a disk into drive D:"
I've right clicked on it and got its properties- the drive is enabled and 'working properly'.
Device Manager also says the drive is working fine. I have uninstalled the drive, restarted the computer and XP has reinstalled it. However nothing has changed.
Plus it doesn't matter if it's a music cd, dvd or cd of photos. ARRGH!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
brownfox (9402)
411472 2005-12-09 20:21:00 Regretably drive lasers and electronics do die.

Device Manager cannot see beyond the interface, it would not be able to detect a failure.

I would recommend trying the drive in another PC before tossing it

(You have double checked all cables to in inside one assumes?)
godfather (25)
411473 2005-12-20 17:57:00 Yeah I have checked... all good on that front. Oh well, I guess you're right Godfather- you can't expect them to live forever :( brownfox (9402)
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