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My DVD drive is no longer recognised

ÆlitaÆlita
edited May 2008 in Chit chat
Needs help.

On my Laptop. An Acer 5100. The CD/DVD drive has ceased working. A quick check in system properties shows it not even listed. I opened it up and it seems all connected. I deleted the reg entries..still nothing. When a disk is inserted, it spins up but does not read. I checked for third party software seizing the drive, but can't find anything. It was working 2 days ago, then just stopped..oh I am running Vista. I doubt it's a driver problem as it's not even recognised by my puter.

Any ideas?
Post edited by Ælita on
I stole it off a space ship.

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  • [FOAD]Iron[FOAD]Iron
    edited May 2008
    I don't know much about Vista but I suppose that there's is no entry for DVD/CD player in device manager anymore? If there is still an entry then just delete that section, reboot and hope.
  • WombleWomble
    edited May 2008
    DVD drives will spin up disks and act normal even when they are not connected to a computer, they have some intelligence built in.

    It sounds like your drives interface has died. The 1st thing to check is whether the drive can be detected by the motherboard BIOS. If it doesnt show up there then Vista will never see it either.

    Its highly highly unlikely to be a driver issue, as I dont think optical drives actually have separate drivers in this day and age. They are recognised as standard devices and are all effectively generic, then again it is a laptop so nothing is every 100% certain.

    99.5% likely - your drive has died.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited May 2008
    i had a while back a problem where a couple of my hard drive partitions wernt being recognised..............nothing would bring em back
    they came back on their own a few days later...very strange.

    try a system restore point?
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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited May 2008
    Is it recognised in the BIOS?
  • LockettLockett
    edited May 2008
    This happened to me. The best that you can do is replace the drive - the device driver is incompatible with Vista.

    Sorry.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited May 2008
    Lockett wrote: »
    This happened to me. The best that you can do is replace the drive - the device driver is incompatible with Vista.

    Sorry.

    Hang on ... how can it be "incompatible with Vista" yet work a few days ago? Surely it can't just become "incompatible" out of the blue? (can it, I mean this is Vista after all????????)
  • MattLambMattLamb
    edited May 2008
    Ditch Vista.

    At the weekend my sister called me to ask why her Vista laptop suddenly stopped taking inputs from both the keyboard and mouse pad. We tried a few things, and in the end I suggested her hitting F8 at startup and restoring to "last known working" settings. It worked, but it doesn't explain why Vista starting being a twat.

    Had I not been on call and managed to help, she'd have had to take the bloody thing back to Curries, wait a week while they buggered about with it, and then probably had to pay for the privilege.
  • zx1zx1
    edited May 2008
    I hear microsoft is ceasing updates of XP next month, so we'll all have to get Vista at some point or other, and i've yet to meet someone who actually likes it.
    Me? I'll get it once all the bugs have been ironed out.
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  • ZoffyZoffy
    edited May 2008
    Sounds like you need CDGone - a known XP problem but I didn't know it also affected Vista.

    Google 'cdgone' or read this:

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
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  • ÆlitaÆlita
    edited May 2008
    Nah, it's not in the Bios. I shoulda mentioned I installed Vista service pack 1 a few days ago. I restored it to before that, still nothing. I've tried deleting the registries..no affect.

    Interesting about it fading out and reappearing. I spoke to another Acer owner and was told a lot of people been having this problem..and it sometimes self corrects.

    I will try the a Live CD.

    Ahh, it's probably overheated and melted a componant.

    It was a budget puter anyways. Acer Aspire 5100, 2ghz, 256MB shared graphics, 120GB HDD, 1GB DDR2..all for $499 brand new.

    Thanks for your suggestions. I'll invest in an external drive I suppose to make some space.
    I stole it off a space ship.
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited May 2008
    zx1 wrote: »
    I hear microsoft is ceasing updates of XP next month, so we'll all have to get Vista at some point or other, and i've yet to meet someone who actually likes it.
    I don't think it's as soon as that, I thought it was the end of this year at the earliest. I'm probably wrong though, but I hope not.
    Me? I'll get it once all the bugs have been ironed out.

    That'll be never then? :lol:
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
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  • swordheartswordheart
    edited May 2008
    I read somewhere that Bill Gates said the successor to Vista will be ready in 2010 !!!!
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited May 2008
    aowen wrote: »
    That's nonsense. XP is still being sold so Microsoft will be releasing updates for at least the next five years.

    I think they have shortened the update life cycle of XP so they can concentrate more on Vista.

    And they're fazing out selling XP now aswell. Although places like Dell are going back to selling XP bundled because too many people were asking for it so they might bring back the big box versions of XP.
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • beanzbeanz
    edited May 2008
    Microsoft said recently they will be selling XP retail till at least 2010. They are just going to stop it being pre-installed on off the shelf machine by the end of Jan 2009.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited May 2008
    beanz wrote: »
    Microsoft said recently they will be selling XP retail till at least 2010. They are just going to stop it being pre-installed on off the shelf machine by the end of Jan 2009.

    Err ... wasn't there a big thing about M$ announcing they will no longer sell XP end of next month (June, 2008 ) ... what happened to that decision?
  • milemile
    edited May 2008
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Err ... wasn't there a big thing about M$ announcing they will no longer sell XP end of next month (June, 2008 ) ... what happened to that decision?

    the company i work for are still buying XP, doubt we will be getting vista anytime soon. so maybe they will still be selling the licences for a few more years.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited May 2008
    mile wrote: »
    the company i work for are still buying XP, doubt we will be getting vista anytime soon. so maybe they will still be selling the licences for a few more years.

    Ahhh ... so they might be talking about no longer offering actual physical boxes then, while companies can still sell XP installed? (if so, then gotcha!) No wait ... they want to switch over to Vista only, right?

    Never mind ... I's just confusered.
  • milemile
    edited May 2008
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Ahhh ... so they might be talking about no longer offering actual physical boxes then, while companies can still sell XP installed? (if so, then gotcha!) No wait ... they want to switch over to Vista only, right?

    yeah thats what i meant, i assume its to stop an average joe buying it, rather than companies who are still using windows 98, and fear change.
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited May 2008
    mile wrote: »
    yeah thats what i meant, i assume its to stop an average joe buying it, rather than companies who are still using windows 98, and fear change.

    Yeah, but the average joe will get XP installed. If not, they know someone who can get it cheaply.

    And I don't mean getting the OEM version :-P
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
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