My DVD/CD drive can read a DVD-ROM and play an DVD, but it cannot play a CD or a CD-ROM.
i can play pc games that are on dvd rom dics and i can watch dvd on my computer but i can not listen to music or play games that are on cd's or cd rom's.
i went to properties and it says that its working correctly and i GO to troublshooter and it has no options for my problem.
ive tried seeing if a drver download would fix it but no.
this problem i HAV emakes it aweful hard to reformat my computer when my computer wont read the windows XP dics.

any ideas or am i just going to end up haveign to buy a new cd dvd drive???Do you have another computer you can put that burner into? If CDs can be read when the device is installed in a different computer we will know the device is probably not the culprit. Some burner/players have 2 lasers in them for the different functions...sounds like one of the lasers are shot.no i dont have a extra computer laying around but if i did that would be nice haha thanks for the tip though i think it might be cheaper to get a new dvd cd burner then to buy a computer to see if this burner works im not sure though Stephena11987,Is this optical unit a recent addition to the computer? Is this something that just started to be a problem or has this always been the case? What is the default audio player that you are using? Have you tried more than one audio player to see if they all react the same? I assume that all the components of the DVD play are AVAILABLE IE; both audio and video? It does sound most likely that the problem is related to the drive but maybe it is the audio player that can be the culprit. Is the unit a burner as well as a rom? Have you tried to burn a cd disk and if so what was the result? If you can burn a cd try and see if the resultant cd will play on a stand alone cd player and report back. Truenorthstephana11987, I have taken out my cd r/w SEVERAL TIMES by deleting software especially using "delete" not "remove programs" in control panel. try SYSTEM RESTORE at a date when you know the hardware was working properly i also have used 'uninstall" in the hardware manager then rebooted the computer. when the computer reboots, click on 'start', you should see "new hardware found". hardware manager should show your cd r/w is re-installed i have recovered lost drivers that way. system restore is the safer way
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Some burner/players have 2 lasers in them for the different functions...sounds like one of the lasers are shot.