My DVD drive (D:) wont read disks any more PLEASE HELP!

callum.d.smith · 11-06-2006, 10:59 AM

hello,

my DVD-ROM drive is failing to read any disks, when i insert a disk it just sounds like its slowly struggling and then stops completly and while theres a disk in and i manually go to D: drive in my computer it just says 'please insert disk into D:'

when i go onto device manager and onto DVD/CD-ROM drives it shows 5 things

- H+H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device
- H+H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device
- H+H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device
- HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8483B
- HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR 8162B

i dont no if thats any help but i thought ide type it anyway. i have already tried to unistall them and restart my computer but it doesnt work

please help

thank you,
callum

**Done_Fishin** · 11-06-2006, 12:35 PM

It looks like you have to many devices there and possibly more than you need. Whilst it is possible that this is causing your problem it might just be a red herring.
I would first delete all the devices under the CD/DVD ROM heading, you'll have to do it one by one.
When you have finished you can do a scan for new hardware changes and it should just bring back one of the drives.
I assume that you haven't got multiple CD /DVD drives, but anyway it's a good thing to remove duplicates.
You might find that a head cleaning CD might help if the drive is an old one that has seen much use.
Please also advise if this is a laptop drive or a Desktop drive.

**PanamaGal** · 11-06-2006, 10:06 PM

Try reinstalling your motherboard chipset drivers, as I think your IDE drivers got corrupted. After that before restarting, delete the devices from your computer and let Windows find them once again upon reboot.

**Done_Fishin** · 03-17-2008, 11:35 AM

Hi Callum .. you never came back does that mean that you fixed your problem ??

11-06-2006, 10:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
callum.d.smith Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP	My DVD drive (D:) wont read disks any more PLEASE HELP! hello, my DVD-ROM drive is failing to read any disks, when i insert a disk it just sounds like its slowly struggling and then stops completly and while theres a disk in and i manually go to D: drive in my computer it just says 'please insert disk into D:' when i go onto device manager and onto DVD/CD-ROM drives it shows 5 things - H+H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device - H+H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device - H+H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device - HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8483B - HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR 8162B i dont no if thats any help but i thought ide type it anyway. i have already tried to unistall them and restart my computer but it doesnt work please help thank you, callum

11-06-2006, 12:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,526 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	It looks like you have to many devices there and possibly more than you need. Whilst it is possible that this is causing your problem it might just be a red herring. I would first delete all the devices under the CD/DVD ROM heading, you'll have to do it one by one. When you have finished you can do a scan for new hardware changes and it should just bring back one of the drives. I assume that you haven't got multiple CD /DVD drives, but anyway it's a good thing to remove duplicates. You might find that a head cleaning CD might help if the drive is an old one that has seen much use. Please also advise if this is a laptop drive or a Desktop drive. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

11-06-2006, 10:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
PanamaGal Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Panama Posts: 1,240 OS: WinXP Pro SP2; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista Ultimate; Vista Business	Try reinstalling your motherboard chipset drivers, as I think your IDE drivers got corrupted. After that before restarting, delete the devices from your computer and let Windows find them once again upon reboot. __________________ It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

03-17-2008, 11:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,526 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: My DVD drive (D:) wont read disks any more PLEASE HELP! Hi Callum .. you never came back does that mean that you fixed your problem ?? __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner