My cd drive doesn't read any type of disks, ive tried music and installation disks and nothing happeneds. The drive was working fine a few days ago, but it hasnt worked since i did abit of cable mangement.
The computer is picking up that ive got a cd drive and it appears when i get boot the computer and on the hardware list.

Im using windows xp professional.

This is what the CD drive appears as in system information.

Drive D:
Description CD-ROM Drive
Media Loaded No
Media Type CD-ROM
Name HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4481B
Manufacturer (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Status OK
Transfer Rate Not Available
SCSI Target ID 0
PNP Device ID IDE\CDROMHL-DT-ST_RW/DVD_GCC-4481B_______________E106____\5&308D6D9A&0&0.0.0
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108), 61.50 KB (62,976 bytes), 23/08/2001 13:00)

seahwk83

give this a shot, it works any times but not all

Upperfilters/LowerFilters
Follow method 2 on this link, if this does not resolve problem, the changes you may have made will not effect your computer operation in any way -
You can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive, or you receive an error message after you remove a CD recording program or a DVD recording program in Windows XP: "error code 31"

Using the Registry Editor
If you are not comfortable with editing the registry, I would not recommend but suggest to have a friend or someone you know and trust to make these changes. It is a minor edit but still would not recommend if not comfortable.

Jonfifa09

I don't get a error message. when i put cd in the drive nothing happends. when i go onto my computer the DVD/CD Drive icon appears as theres nothing in there

seahwk83

click start, settings, control panel, system, hardware tab, device mgr

click plus sign next to cd rom drive and then right click on drive and go to properties anything out of order there

Jonfifa09

Just tryed that and it all looks like it should do.

This is what it says. Is that location supposed to be "0" ?

and i dont seem to hear the disks spinning when i put a disk in. It does sound like the cd drive has had it

Device type: DVD/CD-ROM drives

Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)

Location 0 (0)

Device status: This device is working properly.

Device usage: Use this device (enable)

Jonfifa09

lol soz

Device type: DVD/CD-ROM drives

Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)

Location 0 (0)

Device status: This device is working properly.

Device usage: Use this device (enable)

seahwk83

Any software been added since last time worked

did you go over your "cable mgmt" to make sure all the ribbons and cables are in properly and exactly where they where - try and remove anything you had removed and replaced again 1 by 1 and make sure they are seated 'firmly'

Jonfifa09

i checked and all the cables and ribbons are in tightly and where they should be.

My floppy drive doesnt seem so pick up disks either.

Im total confused!

seahwk83

are there any yellow marks in device mgr?


as it worked a few days ago, a system restore to an earlier date may help

System Restore
-Go down till you see

How to use System Restore to restore Windows XP to a previous state
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084

Choose a date when there were no issues

Jonfifa09

Dam, system restore aint going help. I had it turned off.

Threers no yellow marks in device manager either.