Laptop randomly not reading CD's

Sean Quagmire · 13-07-2009 3:52pm #1

It's a Toshiba Satellite laptop about a year old. Recently has started to simply not recognise when CD's are inserted.
I checked the settings and on a music CD I have tried setting to 'Import songs into itunes' and then I tried 'prompt me on what to do'. this will work once or twice then nothing after i change a cd.

It sounds like a fault but i wanted to be sure. id there a way to re-boot the cd rom to see if it that can help? I dont really want to re-format the whole laptop.

thanks

robbie_998 · 13-07-2009 4:00pm

it may be a faulty sensor

or

the drivers might just need to be re-installed

Good Luck

Sean Quagmire · 13-07-2009 4:02pm

How do I re-install the driver?

thanks

robbie_998 · 13-07-2009 4:05pm

if you have the re-installation discs they would be good but not the windows disc

or

the Toshiba website might have drivers on them but not too sure about that.

yoyo · 13-07-2009 4:06pm

Sean Quagmire wrote: »

How do I re-install the driver?

thanks

Open Device manager, locate optical drive, right click it, choose uninstall, reboot computer and default driver will automaticly install for it

Nick

Laptop randomly not reading CD's

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