CD Rom issues

**kokotai** · Jul 15, 2006, 11:26am

I have two CD Rom drives one a writiable and the other a DVD and neither are working. It is making me nuts. Any ideas?

**Christopher** · Jul 15, 2006, 01:26pm

Did they just stop working? Never worked? Stopped working when you put them into a new PC... give us some more detail

**nick89** · Jul 16, 2006, 08:41am

Maybe you did a format and didn't reinstall the drivers?

**capitalist_junkie** · Jul 16, 2006, 03:05pm

Most of my CD Rom issues have been related to drivers. It could also be that they're just worn out and need replacing. My friend's CD drive just had a mechanical failure; she needed new parts. Although more info might help. . .

**x3mario** · Aug 3, 2007, 12:01pm

If it does not working even if you transfer to other PC then that is totally damage but if it works with other one then maybe the issue in is the installation of drivers.

**Annabell** · Aug 4, 2007, 01:58am

Hi kokotai

Are you Optical Drives showing in Device Manager ? I presume your on Windows OS ? XP ? if so "to access click Start > Control Panel > System > Hardware Tab > Device Manager expand DVD / CD-Rom Drives by clicking the + and see if your Drives are showing ? you can also check the drivers by right clicking on the Drive name and in the drop down click Properties, you can uninstall the drivers here in XP then reboot the system and XP will make new drivers for the Optical Drive, please post back and let us know what is happening with your Computer

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Annabell Blond-Bomb Posts: 146 Name: Annabell Karma:	Hi kokotai Are you Optical Drives showing in Device Manager ? I presume your on Windows OS ? XP ? if so "to access click Start > Control Panel > System > Hardware Tab > Device Manager expand DVD / CD-Rom Drives by clicking the + and see if your Drives are showing ? you can also check the drivers by right clicking on the Drive name and in the drop down click Properties, you can uninstall the drivers here in XP then reboot the system and XP will make new drivers for the Optical Drive, please post back and let us know what is happening with your Computer __________________ Abit AB9, Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe, Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 TwinX (matched pair), Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB

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Jul 15, 2006, 11:26am	#1 (permalink) CD Rom issues
kokotai Junior Member Posts: 11 Karma:	I have two CD Rom drives one a writiable and the other a DVD and neither are working. It is making me nuts. Any ideas?

Jul 16, 2006, 03:05pm	#4 (permalink) Re: CD Rom issues
capitalist_junkie Member Posts: 50 Karma:	Most of my CD Rom issues have been related to drivers. It could also be that they're just worn out and need replacing. My friend's CD drive just had a mechanical failure; she needed new parts. Although more info might help. . .

Aug 3, 2007, 12:01pm	#5 (permalink) Re: CD Rom issues
x3mario Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma:	If it does not working even if you transfer to other PC then that is totally damage but if it works with other one then maybe the issue in is the installation of drivers.