drive D does not recognize disc

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Koubeissi wrote:

> I have two CD drives in my Dell. D: is just a read-only drive, E: is
> a R/W.
> D: does not recognize new disks and when clicking on that drive with
> Explorer, I get message to insert new disk that does not go away, even
> after
> the disk is inserted. Drive E: works fine. Any Suggestions? Thanks.

If the computer is still under warranty, call Dell tech support and have
them replace the drive. If not, then replace the drive yourself. A
cd-rom drive is around $20usd.

Malke
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