Disk Drive not working

first78

Can anyone help me as my disk drive is not working. The cd's will spin in there but the computer does not seem to register that there's a disk there at all. Trying desperately to play a cd rom or but some new tunes on itunes but it's just not happening!! :mad:

free4440273

try giving it a clean; if u can try physically removing the drive and then reinserting in situ. tbh, depending on age and wear and tear cdrom drives do tend to have a sell by date. if it's a desktop then it's only a couple of quid for another and easy to fit.

cajef

If it does not start automatically have you tried going to My Computer and starting the drive from there?

esuhl

I'd check the IDE or SATA cable to make sure isn't loose. If not, try swapping it out for another.

first78

cajef wrote: »

If it does not start automatically have you tried going to My Computer and starting the drive from there?

Could you tell me how to do this please?

jayme1

first78 wrote: »

Could you tell me how to do this please?

if it's a laptop you essentially can't

if its a desktop open the side panel, at the back of the CD drive there will be 2 cables check they are pushed fully in then follow them back and check they are pushed in where they end.

santer_2

If you click start, computer, is the drive shown there?

If you then insert a CD does it change to show the title? If not, does double clicking the drive start the CD

Some anti virus programmes are disabling auto run

closed

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2372

cajef

jayme1 wrote: »

if it's a laptop you essentially can't

Think you may have confused the issue you have given a reply to post #4 and they were asking about post #3.

santer answered the question correctly.