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How do i MAKE my pc recognise a cd?!

  • 17-02-2006 7:54pm
    #1
    hollyhamill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭


    my pc is not recognising when i have a cd in the disc drive and it will not apear on either 'ny computer' or 'itunes' is there a way i can make my computer search for new removable discs or is there any reason why it would not pick up on the new disc?

    all help will help!
    thanx


Comments

  • #2
    Judt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Judt


    Is the computer picking up other kinds of discs? Or is it not recognising any? (Simple test: Put a software disc in the drive.)


  • #3
    Endurance Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭Endurance Man


    Has this just started happening? Have you tried the cd in another cd player? Does your cd-rom detect other cd's?


  • #4
    Judt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Judt


    Endurance Man wrote:
    Has this just started happening? Have you tried the cd in another cd player? Does your cd-rom detect other cd's?
    lol... within seconds of one another... great minds and all that :)


  • #5
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Make sure the connectors between the drive and the motherboard and the PSU are all in properly.


  • #6
    Judt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Judt


    sean_keevey wrote:
    Make sure the connectors between the drive and the motherboard and the PSU are all in properly.
    If that were the case I'd say it'd be picked up when the computer boots. Sounds to be more of a driver issue.


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  • #7
    hollyhamill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭hollyhamill


    no i have tried the dics in my laptop and cd players and they work fine, other types of discs are not being recognised either, this just started happening about 2 days ago!


  • #8
    Endurance Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭Endurance Man


    How old is this Cd-rom? Iv had a few that have just broken themselves overnight :confused: , no idea why, they just break.


  • #9
    Judt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Judt


    hollyhamill wrote:
    no i have tried the dics in my laptop and cd players and they work fine, other types of discs are not being recognised either, this just started happening about 2 days ago!
    Sounds like a driver issue. Funny, StarForce (currently linked in my sig...) can do something similar. Any games put on your system recently?

    I'd doubt that it is that, and you might get away with reinstalling the drivers for your CD drive. If it's a Dell machine you can get them off their site, if not just find out who makes the CD drive and what model it is, go to their website and you should find drivers pretty easy.


  • #10
    hollyhamill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭hollyhamill


    Only got pc about 8 months ago and otherwise it works brill!

    but if i gotta reboot it then its a b***** ! pc's are like men! cant live with them . .. . . .. .cant bloody live with them!!!!!!


  • #11
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Judt wrote:
    If that were the case I'd say it'd be picked up when the computer boots. Sounds to be more of a driver issue.
    no, on my pc, if the CD drives are disconnected, i get no warning, but when i open My computer, they just aren't there. A quick reboot and twiddle sorts it out though


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  • #12
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Is it still under warranty?
    If so then get onto whoever sold it to you and let them fix it.
    And don't touch any bits of it. Amazing what will "void" your warranty. :(


  • #13
    Judt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Judt


    sean_keevey wrote:
    no, on my pc, if the CD drives are disconnected, i get no warning, but when i open My computer, they just aren't there. A quick reboot and twiddle sorts it out though
    Yes, but the fact that she can physically see them in My Computer would suggest that they're hooked up.


  • #14
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Judt wrote:
    Yes, but the fact that she can physically see them in My Computer would suggest that they're hooked up.
    Read OP!!!;)


  • #15
    Judt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Judt


    sean_keevey wrote:
    Read OP!!!;)
    I thought she meant the disc, not the drive?


    Which is it, OP? I'd say the first step to take, though, would be to try the driver. It's the least drastic measure.


  • #16
    hollyhamill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭hollyhamill


    okay sorry if im confusing you, but when i put a cd into my pc , basically nothing happens!

    a simple couple of steps on what to do (im not too tech wise)


  • #17
    coolcon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭coolcon


    Im having a very similar problem hollyhamill


  • #18
    Judt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Judt


    As I say above, go and reinstall your drivers first.


  • #19
    Jono96
    Closed Accounts Posts: 49 ✭Jono96


    i'm having the exact same problem. i have tried reinstalling my drivers
    from control panel, but i sais it cannot find hardware.
    what to do? i dont know.


  • #20
    apeking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 492 ✭✭apeking


    The problem is itunes i bet,

    Take a look at

    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1389889&#1389889

    and

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553/en-us


  • #21
    hollyhamill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭hollyhamill


    well iv tried some of this and now my prob is only getting worse, as well as not workin ! the drawer now is popping in and out as it pleases ! !


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