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HP CD/DVD drive will not recognize disc?

A CD is inserted into the drive and nothing happens. In 'my computer' I find the drive and I click it to run. A message tells me to insert a disc into the drive. WTF? Nothing I do will run the darn thing. I even used a music CD, same thing. The drive opens and closes and a little light flashes then... nothing. Anyone have any ideas??

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  • 10 years ago
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    It`s all about the Codecs usually...

    Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack =

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    The laser on the drive may be dirty and it can't read the data on the disk

    The drive itself could be outdated and not fast enough to read the data on the disk

    Some disks are not compatible with certain drives

    The disks could be dirty preventing the drive to read the data on them

    Simply the drive could be dead

    Or you have an outdated driver for the drive

    or the firmware needs to be updated for the drive

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