Mike Beck Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Hey, in a bit of a pickle with the comp, i put a cd in the drive, can hear it starting to read the disk and spin it around a bit, then i wait for it come up on iTunes - NOTHING! Open the drive again, blow the disk, put it back in, open my computer, and theres no cd drive shown at all!! im not a comp whizz but i know that there should be a CD drive up in my computer even when theres no cd in.Someone help me, i want muse, foo fighters and stereophonics on my ipod !!!!cheers lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 when did the problem start? The first thing you could try is a systme restore, which basically takes your computer back in time to a certain point and restores it to those settings, you'll often find this fixes most menial problems, that is if infact, the problem is software or driver based. Anyway, to perform this:Start > All programs > Accessories > System tools > System restore.It will then ask you what date you would like to restore back to, so just to be on the safe side make it a day or two before you started noticing the problems if it gives you the options. It gives you the options of days when the last system checkpoint was created.The second option I would suggest that is slightly more drastic is to re-install the drivers, which might work. and if it doesnt i believe you can always just perform a system restore and it will reset everything. (i will point out im not entirely confident with this procedure as im no i.t whizz so if its the wrong idea someone please say so this guy doesnt ruin his laptop more lol)To do this go to Start > Control panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager then you should see a list of things, open the one thats named IDE ATA/ATAPI controllersthen you should see two atleast two things, the Primary IDE channel and the secondary IDE channel. right click them both and check the 'properties' to see if theres anything out of the ordinary, if not right click them and uninstall.I think the computer will then promt you to re-boot and then it should automatically re-install the drivers for you. if not, do the restore like i said.anyways, hope these work for you and arnt complete rubbish lol.J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Cable connecting the drive may be loose.Or, have you changed any BIOS settings when you boot up the laptop?Changing things in there can disable the drive or whatever.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Does the light on the drive do anything? If it flashes and ejects it suggests the drive is getting power ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Beck Posted October 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 sorry for this guys...............i tried the trusty 'turn it off and on again' trick and worked!!!!Cheers for the advice lads, greatly appreciated!lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaZaa Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Its not an Acer Aspire 5670 is it or any Acer. Mine seems to do it periodically but then gets its act together and comes back after a few days. Very strange and haven't been able to find any solution to it online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 You hadn't even tried to turn it on and off? lolRebooting fixes most annoying glitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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