CD-RW drive problems

zandyne · 01-29-2006, 05:51 PM

On an older computer, sometimes the CD-RW drive does not recognize disks that I insert. It sometimes reads the disks, and other times it will say that no disc is in the drive. Any suggestions to solve this problem?

john23 · 01-30-2006, 05:57 PM

Make sure the disc is not scratched. Otherwise you can try to clean out the drive with compressed air (to remove the dust) if you still have problems.

zandyne · 01-31-2006, 01:35 AM

My disks are in good condition, I've checked them. I have tried a variety of old and new disks and still have the varying results of not being able to read the CD all of the time.

Will.Spencer · 01-31-2006, 05:16 PM

I would try spinning a cleaning CD through the drive.

zandyne · 02-01-2006, 12:27 AM

I will try the cleaning CD, hope it works. I think that maybe the drive is just very old and worn out from a lot of use, so that is why it has trouble recognizing discs.

zeroth · 03-05-2006, 06:21 PM

Often times very old CD drives sometimes stop working due to mechanical failure. Your best bet would be to get a newer drive and see if it works.

dave7 · 03-16-2006, 02:03 AM

The drive is probably very old then, if cleaning does not help it.

zemus · 03-23-2006, 08:01 PM

You can try a cleaning CD or using compressed air to blow out all the dust.