Well I just got a new computer, and I just recently installed a new hard drive, a WD 200 GB hard drive, but afterwords a few days after I installed it, my CD drive stopped working, when I put a CD in it won't play, I checked the cables and they all seem to be connected, and I checked for any updates for the drivers any suggestions on what to do?
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Jump to Post- Does the CD drive show up correctly in Device Manager?
- Does it even spin up when you insert a CD?
- Does this happen with both data CDs and music CDs?
Jump to PostWhat software have you installed recently?
That's the 'biggie', because most such problems are created by software conflicts which stuff up the settings and Registry entries related to your drive.
But the questions asked by DMR are very important also, together with these:What cable did …
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...Did you correctly configure the jumper settings on your drives as 'Master' and 'Slave' accordingly?
That's definitely a question worth an answer.
2. From what you've said, I gather that CD aren't "auto-playing", but:Once you insert a disk and let it spin up, does it …
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