Atapi CD Drive Not Working Please Help

dtm808 · 11-07-2009, 08:24 AM

OK. I have had this problem for months and i cant find an answer. I'm using Windows 7 64bit and for some reason my CD drive just wont work. I put in any cd and it says "d: is not accessible" the disk structure is corrupted and unreadable" What does this mean? The drive used to work fine in vista before i got windows7. i have the latest drivers for my drive but in the device manager it pops up with some weird name. I have tried ALL of the following:

1. That upper filter and lower filter registry thing.... didn't work
2. switching out CD drives..... didn't work (OS problem? Motherboard Problem?)
3. Switching CD drive cables (IDE cables i think its called?) ... didn't work
4. Finding firmware on internet and installing..... didn't work

So i believe this is either a Motherboard problem (please god no) or a windows 7 problem. any help would be awesome.

PS: The Virtual drive programs is not affecting this problem i think. This problem still occurred without those programs.

Dogg · 11-07-2009, 08:45 AM

Have you tried more than one disc in the drive?

**Tyree** · 11-07-2009, 05:41 PM

Try uninstalling the drive in device manager. Windows will reinstall on reboot.

dtm808 · 11-08-2009, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogg

Have you tried more than one disc in the drive?

yes i have tried every kind of disc. when i uninstall it and reboot windows installs and it has the same problem.

dtm808 · 11-10-2009, 05:01 PM

bump.

**Tyree** · 11-10-2009, 05:19 PM

Try your optical drive in another PC or try another optical drive in your PC.

dtm808 · 11-16-2009, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dtm808

2. switching out CD drives..... didn't work (OS problem? Motherboard Problem?)
.

I Tried, cd drives in my pc still wont work. It works in other ones though.

dtm808 · 11-16-2009, 07:12 PM

bump.

dtm808 · 11-19-2009, 08:05 PM

bump.

Dogg · Yesterday, 07:21 AM

So Windows recognizes the drive(s), but not any discs?

Try removing/deleting the drive from Device Manager and rebooting.
Try removing/deleting the IDE controllers from Device Manager and rebooting.

Aside from that, if Windows sees the drive but not any discs, I'd suspect a faulty drive.

And if you haven't already, try another IDE cable.

11-07-2009, 08:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
dtm808 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6 OS: Windows 7 x64	Atapi CD Drive Not Working Please Help OK. I have had this problem for months and i cant find an answer. I'm using Windows 7 64bit and for some reason my CD drive just wont work. I put in any cd and it says "d: is not accessible" the disk structure is corrupted and unreadable" What does this mean? The drive used to work fine in vista before i got windows7. i have the latest drivers for my drive but in the device manager it pops up with some weird name. I have tried ALL of the following: 1. That upper filter and lower filter registry thing.... didn't work 2. switching out CD drives..... didn't work (OS problem? Motherboard Problem?) 3. Switching CD drive cables (IDE cables i think its called?) ... didn't work 4. Finding firmware on internet and installing..... didn't work So i believe this is either a Motherboard problem (please god no) or a windows 7 problem. any help would be awesome. PS: The Virtual drive programs is not affecting this problem i think. This problem still occurred without those programs. Last edited by dtm808; 11-07-2009 at 08:25 AM.

11-07-2009, 08:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,965 OS: XP sp3	Re: Atapi CD Drive Not Working Please Help Have you tried more than one disc in the drive? __________________ Google is your friend !

11-07-2009, 05:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,352 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: Atapi CD Drive Not Working Please Help Try uninstalling the drive in device manager. Windows will reinstall on reboot. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.

11-10-2009, 05:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
dtm808 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6 OS: Windows 7 x64	Re: Atapi CD Drive Not Working Please Help bump.

11-10-2009, 05:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,352 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: Atapi CD Drive Not Working Please Help Try your optical drive in another PC or try another optical drive in your PC. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.

11-16-2009, 07:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
dtm808 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6 OS: Windows 7 x64	Re: Atapi CD Drive Not Working Please Help bump.

11-19-2009, 08:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
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Yesterday, 07:21 AM	#10 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,965 OS: XP sp3	Re: Atapi CD Drive Not Working Please Help So Windows recognizes the drive(s), but not any discs? Try removing/deleting the drive from Device Manager and rebooting. Try removing/deleting the IDE controllers from Device Manager and rebooting. Aside from that, if Windows sees the drive but not any discs, I'd suspect a faulty drive. And if you haven't already, try another IDE cable. __________________ Google is your friend !