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How to fix my cd rom drive?

I am running win xp Home Edition In the (my computer) page my cd drive (E) the icon is missing and when I put a cd in the drive it will not recognize it My cd drive is ST340810A How can I repair it. HP Pavilion 520W Lois329@Hotmail.com

Lois Benson
June 2005

HP HP ST340810A Computers, Computer Hardware Cd Rom Drive

my cd be draging when i play them..But when i burn cd it work just find the sound come out great.so what can i do to fix the problem

michael
November 2010

i'm having the same problem except some CDs do work, just Photoshop wont work.

DC
December 2009

that happend to mine the broadband on mine got stuck and tore now i have to take it to be repaired

jessica
December 2009

Boot up your computer and then the very first screen that comes up will have ways to get to either the boot menu or the BIOS. Go into the BIOS and check to see if your computer even realizes it's there.If theres a ! right next to it take that off and it should work fine.

Chris
April 2008

when i put a CD in nothing happens and in my computer it dosent have the CD rom icon

jay
March 2007

Try taking it back to the person you bought it from or the company, there might be some reason for it not working like, dust on the lense, up-grades, loose wires or many other things. You should not try to fix any of these things or tamper with your cd-rom settings on the computer because you may delete a code that is needed.

Hannah PHilbey
November 2006

check the lead to the cd has not worked loose or try another ide lead

aa
June 2005