Laptop not playing Cds

[SMEE]

Hi folks. My laptop seems to have ceased playing cds. I have tried a few things without luck. When i try to copy a cd...it says No Supported Drive Detected. I cant even do a system restore, as it wont run the disc. Anyone have an idea as to what the deal is?

[CaleyD]

Is it still showing in the device manager?

If it is, try uninstalling and then rebooting....if it's a simple driver error then it should reinstall on the reboot.

[SMEE]

yeah.....its on device manager, but showind as No problems with this device. I will try what you suggest Don. Finger crossed!

[SMEE]

Did as you suggested Don....and when i restarted, laptop detected new drive etc....still not playing ball tho :(

[kiltarlity]

Have you a bootable disc (operating system/recovery disc ect), if so go into your bios and set laptop to boot from cd.

Put disc in and restart laptop. If it boots from cd, then your cd drive is ok and it's a software prob. If it dosen't then your cd drive has given up the ghost...(not uncommon), have you tried cleaning the lens of drive??

G

Edited September 4, 2009 by kiltarlity

[SMEE]

I went on to the Microsoft free 15 min fix it thing......and suprise suprise.....they couldnt fix it in the 15 mins. But graham...you have given me an option. I will try and boot from my system restore disc to see if it runs. Its a registry problem according to the Microsft dude! Would take him 30 mins to fix it...and cost me $20

[SMEE]

BUGGER!!!!!! It wont boot from disc. :(

[CaleyMad]

BUGGER!!!!!! It wont boot from disc. :(

Have you tried them site we are not allowed to talk about here on CTO :(

I certainly have

[SMEE]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I had the brainwave to try a system restore. Well....funnily enuff...that doesnt work...as it fails to restore to the earlier point. Honest to god. Am starting to see exactly why people slate microsoft!

I reckon its bloody microsoft updates the screwed my registry in the first place, coz its about the only thing apart from AVG that i updated!

Is there anyway i can do a factory restore, given that my DVD rom wont fire up?

Edited September 5, 2009 by SMEE

[DALNEIGHCALEY]

Seems like a good time to let the experts have a look at it IMHO .

[SMEE]

Au contraire DC....for i can now confirm...i fixed the issue myself. A lot of (educated) trial and error, a bit of gurning and a tad inginuity and Bobs yer uncle. Just shows....them charlatans at microsoft telling me duff info, telling me it would take them 30-45 mins to fix.....and not to mention COST me dosh. BEWARE!!!

Oh....it feels so good.....the world wasnt the same while my DVD rom wasnt working! Am a happy pup again (after hours of frustration)

Edited September 5, 2009 by SMEE

[DALNEIGHCALEY]

Good work SMEE .

[Jay_7]

Au contraire DC....for i can now confirm...i fixed the issue myself. A lot of (educated) trial and error, a bit of gurning and a tad inginuity and Bobs yer uncle. Just shows....them charlatans at microsoft telling me duff info, telling me it would take them 30-45 mins to fix.....and not to mention COST me dosh. BEWARE!!!

Oh....it feels so good.....the world wasnt the same while my DVD rom wasnt working! Am a happy pup again (after hours of frustration)

What did you do to get it working again? It might be worth considering an investment in a new slimline drive...

[SMEE]

I tried everything. I tried System restore (fat lot of good that was, as it wouldnt restore to any previous date). Basically, i used regedit, and a registry prog. did some tinkling, then uninstalled the DVD rom then rebooted. and it worked