why won't my disc drive work?

Question

the disc drive on my pc won't load games etc, any ideas why?

Answer 1

the first test you should do with a unworkable drive is run a lens cleaner through it,this is sometimes all it needs as dust can settle on the lens and can cause all sorts of problems
look in device manager and check to see if your drive is running ok and if so,you could try uninstalling the drive and then restarting,when windows starts up again it will recognize the drive as a new device and load the appropriate drivers,so if the problem was a driver file error,this will sort it out
however ,cd/dvd,s dont last forever(around 5yrs),so it may just be a dead drive,so a new drive is in order,luckily its one of the cheaper upgrades,a dvd-rw can be bought from http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx?&NavigationKey=11155&NavigationKey=4294959720&NavigationKey=43050000&NavigationKey=11&CategorySelectedId=11155&PageMode=1
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good luck

Answer 2

Without more information it's incredibly hard to make a diagnosis. If you can't load any CD's onto the drive at all (i.e. it won't read them), then you may have a hardware fault. If you can load CD's but the games themselves won't then it gets a bit more complicated. Different games have different solutions to CD related troubles. However if it's a universal problem then you may have to look into some generic solutions; Check that the connections to your CD drive are plugged in fully. Update/Reinstall the drivers for your CD drive. Without more information then it's hard to give you a full answer. My advice would be to google your Hard-Drives make and see if other people have had the same problem. Nine times out of ten someone somewhere will have asked the same question and been given an answer. If it's not on the company's main site, it may be on some forum somewhere.

Answer 3

I had this problem with my disc drive,no matter what disc i put in it wasn't showing that there was a disc in,what i did was click on start,go into my computer,right click on your CD drive and click on properties,and click on update drive,that worked for me,touch wood ive not had a problem with it since,that was about 14 months ago,i was also told by my mate to put a programme on my pc called diskeeper lite,which i did,it defragments all your pc,which also helped a lot,hope my answer does the trick for you.

Answer 4

Either ur CD Drive is old & the lens has worn out.try buying new 1.Or try a lens cleaner or check if ur CD drive needs 2 be Secondry Master,this happens with most of the mainboards...Good luck!!!

Answer 5

As long as ur not waiting 4 auto run 2 happen when u havnt set auto run on...
also check if ur game is a DVD and ur not tryin 2 play it in a CD reader

Answer 6

A disc is not auto start like a CD.

Answer 7

check out the force: Cl initiate Settings administration Panel gadget Hardware device supervisor precise-click on the force and choose residences you would be counseled no count if or no longer the force is working ideal. ********************************* Are you utilising ideal disks? in case you like to apply a CD as a wisdom disk, you are able to desire to apply CD/RWs and the CD/RW could desire to first be formatted with the application that powers your force (assuming you have a CD/RW force). if your force is CD/ROM, that's going to purely examine CDs. If it does no longer, the two the CD or the force is defective.

Answer 8

Firstly, do you have it plugged in?

Secondly, is it connected?

Thirdly, have you put the disc in the drive?

Anything else and i really dont know!!

Answer 9

maybe it's simply broken. try getting someone to look at it.

Answer 10

That's just weird!