CD-ROM does not recognize the CDs

[Egla]

My CD-ROM, which is recognized by XP, will no longer read
any of the CDs. It keeps issuing the message: "Please
insert a disk into drive F:"

It all started wednesday as I was getting ready to re-
install windows and the CD-ROM worked fine until I
rebooted. The reboot did not recognize the CD and did a
regular boot instead of starting from CD.

Here are things I have tried so far:
1. I have changed teh boot sequence to CD-ROM being first
thinking that it was fluke. Did not work.
2. I tried to install, manually my CD_ROM driver.
Installation was successfull but CD-ROM still did not
work.
3. I tried to uninstall the drive completely from Device
Manager. After a few minutes XP detected the new hardware
and re-installed it but that still did not solve anything.
4. Uninstalled the CD-ROM through device manager again and
re-botted the system. XP re-installed the CD-ROM but to no
luck.
5.Checked that the CD-ROM properties does not have a check
mark on the "Disable this device", and it does not.
6. Tried to re-install windows with XP floppy boot disks
but the CD-ROM still did not recognize the CD after I was
asked to insert it in order to continue the installation.

An acquintance of mine also has the same problem.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[yeloduke]

Maybe time to buy a new one. Try it in another pc first if possible.
I've gone through 3 in the last 3 years. The faster ones seem to last only
about 12-18 months, but they do get a lot of use.

"Egla" > wrote in message
...
> My CD-ROM, which is recognized by XP, will no longer read
> any of the CDs. It keeps issuing the message: "Please
> insert a disk into drive F:"
>
> It all started wednesday as I was getting ready to re-
> install windows and the CD-ROM worked fine until I
> rebooted. The reboot did not recognize the CD and did a
> regular boot instead of starting from CD.
>
> Here are things I have tried so far:
> 1. I have changed teh boot sequence to CD-ROM being first
> thinking that it was fluke. Did not work.
> 2. I tried to install, manually my CD_ROM driver.
> Installation was successfull but CD-ROM still did not
> work.
> 3. I tried to uninstall the drive completely from Device
> Manager. After a few minutes XP detected the new hardware
> and re-installed it but that still did not solve anything.
> 4. Uninstalled the CD-ROM through device manager again and
> re-botted the system. XP re-installed the CD-ROM but to no
> luck.
> 5.Checked that the CD-ROM properties does not have a check
> mark on the "Disable this device", and it does not.
> 6. Tried to re-install windows with XP floppy boot disks
> but the CD-ROM still did not recognize the CD after I was
> asked to insert it in order to continue the installation.
>
> An acquintance of mine also has the same problem.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks