When I put a disk into either one of my CD-Rom drives nothing happens...I put it in the DVD drive and try to open it and it says "please insert disc"..Any ideas what the problem could be?...When to the hardware screen and all hardware has a plus next to it...
I believe this means evrerything is running OK...Im not a computer guy by any menas so any help in lamens terms would be much appreciated...Thanks
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Jump to Postok...the cd may have gotten lost. try restarting the computer, see if the light comes on, if not, it may not have power, you have to take off the case and make sure it's plugged in. If it has power (light flickers once or twice), then maybe the cable is …
Jump to PostNot quite correct, tommi. Optical drives have a habit of 'going missing', particularly when changes have been made to the installed burning software.
For starters, bones50, try opening up Device Manager (Right-click My Computer, and choose Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager)
Find the entries for your Optical …
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