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try inserting other CDs or DVDs..if it still wont read them, must be a busted DVD drive

Hi

I think you would have tried with other cd/dvd's. According to what you said, i think you are able to view the dvd drive when you open "My computer". The problem might be that, there may be some loose contact with the "Data cable" of your drive.

So try opening your cabinet and check whether the cable is being fit properly. Because i faced the same problem in my pc before, however things became normal when i fixed the data cable after i found the mistake.

Tell me if you found this useful.

Thank you

Try to insert a new blank dvd disk to your dvd-writter to see whether it detect.
-If it does not detect.
-I highly believe your dvd-rom is gonner,you got to buy a new one.

:)

Hi Sophie,

Try following steps. This might solve your problem.

1. Click on START button.
2. Select RUN.
3. Type REGEDIT and hit OK.
4. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
5. Expand SYSTEM.
6. Expand CurrentControlSet.
7. Expand Control.
8. Expand Class.
9. Click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
10. Now check the right pane.
11. Look for UpperFilters and LowerFilters (can be both or either of them).
12. Delete UpperFilters and LowerFilters.
13. Close the Registry Editor.
14. Click on START button.
15. Right-click on MY COMPUTER.
16. Click on PROPERTIES.
17. Click on HARDWARE tab.
18. Click on DEVICE MANAGER button.
19. Expand DVD/CD-ROM Drives.
20. Delete your DVD Drive.
21. Restart the Computer.

Your DVD drive will be reinstalled automatically when the Computer restarts. And this should solve your problem. Else check your DVDs on any other drive. If your DVDs work on other drives, then probably your Computer's DVD Drive is bad.