A week or so ago, I had help on this site getting rid of some sort of virus. A couple days after I assumed everything was perfect, but realized that the CD drive was not working anymore. When I PUT in a disk, whether it is audio, files, or a game, it makes the initial SOUND as if it is loading it, but then the noise dies down. Then it just keeps doing this until I take the disk out.
I have an HP Pavilion Slimline s7320n PC and if you need any more information to help me out, I would LOVE to give it to you!
Thank you to anyone that can help me!!
CassieOne of these may help:
1. Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
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2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
Restart computer.
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3. Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart computer.
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4. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll SEE two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.and if what Broni said doesn't work it is possible that the drive just failed. The slimlines seem to have a problem with their psu maybe they have a problem with other components as well.That's it.Thanks, I'll try what you said and LET you know