CSilwizya please make a new thread don't hijack other peoples threads.
As for Geekmaster, I have this problem every now and then, the drive dies every 1~2 years and I get a new one.
But if you really must fix that one, shutdown take of the DVD-Drive and the IDE cable, start the PC let it boot wait a couple of minutes then shutdown and plug it back in. This sometimes works but I suggest you buy a new drive there extremely cheap nowadays, I got mine last month for 25$ I remember when they used to be 300$.
If you have another computer try plugging the drive in there to see if it is working. In which case it is actually a driver/windows fault.
If you don't have another PC to try it on You can get Ubuntu from Ubuntu.com make a Live Cd and boot and click Try. It will give you a Live ubuntu Machine running from CD. Hmm you will need two drive to do this tho, 1 to run Ubuntu the other to test if the DVD still works.
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