My computer is really making me mad!!

I encountered the same problem as you too and I think it could just be that your cd rom is spoilt. Cd rom drives aren't the most reliable equipment around - especially so if you didn't get it from a "reputable" brand to start with. If none of the disks works, then it is almost definitely the culprit. You would need to change it and it may cost $30? Depending on brand and your country.

Do you know if you have the newest driver for your cd drive & latest upgrades to your OS? If not, I would check those first. The I would uninstall and reinstall the device using the device manager. Are these manufactured disk or burned disks that you are having problems with? What OS are you running?

Assuming that My Computer displays the CD drive icon, then your system can see the drive and it is powered, so the problem is possibly a simple matter of dust and grime. The laser in the drive collects dirt from each disk that is placed into it, so sooner or later it needs cleaning. You can buy a CD or DVD cleaning disk at most electrical suppliers and many supermarkets, so I recommend that you use one and clean the drive thoroughly. The gradual failure to read CDs is typical of this problem, because as the drive gets dirtier it reads with less intensity so even the better CDs become unreadable.

i suggest you better get ur computer formated and cheked by some professional rather then trying doin r&d urself.

I had that problem before. Had to replace the CD-ROM. Now after one year it's happening again. CD cleaner doesn't help. I guess I'll have to buy another CD-ROM. Darn it!

well there may be two resons 1. you have accidently disable your cd rom. Go in device manager and check it 2. May be power or data cable is not properly attached to the device. open you system plug off cables then plug them again or change them with other device. 3. If still it is not working then it is burned and uyou have to buy a new one.

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I worry about the day my computer finally decides to die...currently my disk drive gives me issues too..sigh

I think you can see in the monitor if the icon of CD driver appear, then your system can see the drive and it is powered, so the problem is not from the cd driver the possibility problem come from dust and grime,the laser in the drive collects dust from each disk that is placed into it,and sooner or later the cd needs to clean. You can buy a CD or DVD cleaning disk at the electrical suppliers and supermarkets, so I recommend you to use one and clean the drive thoroughly. The gradual failure to read CDs is typical of this problem, because if the drive gets dirtier when reads with less intensity it will not pass the reading, although the CDs is good it will become unreadable

have you tried putting in another disc...like a vcd (movie) or anything not from your collection? like a new one?? if you tried it and nothing happens still, then your cdrom's got a problem..try cleaning it.....if it wont work, u may need to have it repaired..or get a new one..or you can try putting your cdrom in another else's pc. if your cdrom will work with their pc then the problem would lie on your pc...if that will be the case, you need to reinstall your OS...;p if it wont work with their pc, then have your cdrom repaired...aight??!! dd i help? hehehe

Like others here, I think that you are going to have to replace your CD-rom drive. I'm sorry that it broke down :( But at first, I was afraid that you just had some CD's that had gone bad, and to me (at least for myself) that would be worse. I do have some CD's that my drive won't recognize at all, and I realized belatedly that they are my *only* copies of pictures that were very dear to me, so now I've just lost those memories forever. At least if it is all CD's that your drive won't play, we know that it must be your drive, so if you get a new one I'm sure that all of your CD's will be working again! ^_^

It may be problem with your cd rom otherwise cd are demaged so you yold that even you can't connect digital camera so problem with cd-rom change it

It may cause for some hardware problem.You should check the cables.or the drivers are not installed properly.the firm ware of the cd rom is not working properly.also you should check the boot setting.may the cd rom and harddisk are all in master.change the cd rom to slave.use harddisk as master.

i also strongly believe that the problem is not with cd's but ur disk drive. if you have checked all factors like whether it is recognized by bios, whether its a cabling problem or a problem caused by its jumper setting. iam 100% sure that your lense has been damaged. i got the same problem when i was using my old system. my service pesonal adviced me to buy a new one rather than mingling with that drive.

to make the correction you have to go through the BIOS, and chk that through auto detection means bios is detecting your cd-rom or not, if your cmos bios battry has been discharge thn change it, it may be correct your problem.

Really but only difference is that computer has not its own brain, otherwise it really made the mad of all creation of god on the earth. We have exampl of that within a few years how is it famaous arround the world is not it

All these depends upon the computer configuration also.. If that is reason first upgrade your computer.. It may be effected by virus regarding showing of disk drives in my computer.. Are you getting any error while opening My Computer or Disk Drives from My Computer..

I think there is a problem in your cdrom laser head (reader lens). Try cleaning your cdrom using a head cleaning disk. Still if you find the same thing happening, i am sorry to say that you have to go for a new drive only. Hope your problem is solved easily.

Don't get mad, it's time for you to get a new computer and throw the old one on the river or somewhere or just sell it on ebay...

this problem needs some troubleshooting, the first thing u can check that u have the right drivers for the CD drive, next is u need to check whether it is conflicting with any other device, if all these things are fine, then u need to open the computer casing can inspect the power supply connections & datacable connections that are tight or not, if still no luck then i think its time to buy a new one...