CD Drive won't read disks

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My CD drive recently stopped reading and loading/running files from any CD.
It shows as a valid drive in My Computer but when I try and load a CD it
displays E:\ is not accessible, Device is not ready.

 

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"lyano" <lyano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My CD drive recently stopped reading and loading/running files from any
CD.
> It shows as a valid drive in My Computer but when I try and load a CD it
> displays E:\ is not accessible, Device is not ready.

Like floppy drives, CD drives do not last for
ever: and are cheap and easy to replace.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 

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Try cleaning the drive with an audio CD cleaning disc, not an expensive
"multimedia" cleaning disc. Maybe clean it a couple times if it's old or in
a dirty or smoky area. If that fails then the drive probably needs to be
replaced.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
* In fond memory ... Alex, you shall be sorely missed
* http://www.aumha.org/alex.htm



"lyano" <lyano@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FDCBA7AF-8E03-43C1-A82D-4BEDCAF8B605@microsoft.com...
> My CD drive recently stopped reading and loading/running files from any
> CD.
> It shows as a valid drive in My Computer but when I try and load a CD it
> displays E:\ is not accessible, Device is not ready.