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DVD drive disappearing

glithertglithert Registered User regular
edited May 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
When I put anything into my dvd drive it disappears and I can't do anything with it. On reboot it shows back up but as soon as I try to do anything with it besides take the disc out it disappears again. I found this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116 but the registry entries they want me to delete aren't even there in the first place. I tried the automated troubleshooter, but it doesn't work because as soon as I put a disc in the drive for it to troubleshoot with it tells me that there's no dvd drive at all.

What should I do?

Edit: Games, even old ones on cd, and dvd-rw are fine. But I still can't put an audio cd in there without the drive committing suicide.

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  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited May 2011
    You'll have an easier time finding the drive's location if you stop measuring its momentum.

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  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited May 2011
    glithert wrote: »
    That's great and all, but it doesn't provide me with any help or advice.

    Try to watch a movie with the device. Audio CDs stream content, and listing filenames on a data CD isn't the same operation.

    My guess will be that any operation that requires the drive spin up to a sustained transfer rate will cause it to fail. Copying a large file or watching a movie be enough to cause the problem. Ultimately, your drive is failing and they are dirt cheap + effectively impossible to repair. Buy yourself a new one, and keep the receipt on the off chance that the new drive exhibits the same behavior.

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