Dell Inspiron XPS M140 Notebook Logo
chris mcmanes Posted on Nov 26, 2006
Answered by a Fixya Expert

Trustworthy Expert Solutions

At Fixya.com, our trusted experts are meticulously vetted and possess extensive experience in their respective fields. Backed by a community of knowledgeable professionals, our platform ensures that the solutions provided are thoroughly researched and validated.

View Our Top Experts

Problem with disc drive

Well not long after I got my notebook pc, my disk drive started having trouble reading CDs and DVDs. It makes a short whine noise repeatingly like it's trying to read the disk. Sometimes will not read the disk and I have to reincert it and prey for it to work.

  • Chocolateme Dec 01, 2007

    Sometimes windows media player won't recognize that my computer even has a disk drive. Other times it says the drive is empty.

×

1 Answer

Anonymous

Level 3:

An expert who has achieved level 3 by getting 1000 points

All-Star:

An expert that got 10 achievements.

MVP:

An expert that got 5 achievements.

Vice President:

An expert whose answer got voted for 100 times.

  • Master 624 Answers
  • Posted on Nov 27, 2006
Anonymous
Master
Level 3:

An expert who has achieved level 3 by getting 1000 points

All-Star:

An expert that got 10 achievements.

MVP:

An expert that got 5 achievements.

Vice President:

An expert whose answer got voted for 100 times.

Joined: Nov 26, 2006
Answers
624
Questions
1
Helped
678443
Points
1792

You didn?t mention the type of disk (something you burned or bought) or the physical condition of the disks (brand new, some scratches or lots) but if they?re commercial CDs or DVDs and you can play them in another laptop or player you should be able to play them in your laptop consistently. About the only thing I would recommend doing to a new laptop drive still in warranty would be to clean the drive using a commercial CD cleaning disk. If you still have trouble reading commercial CDs that play in other devices I would contact the manufacturer?s technical support for repair.

Add Your Answer

×

Uploading: 0%

my-video-file.mp4

Complete. Click "Add" to insert your video. Add

×

Loading...
Loading...

266 views

Ask a Question

Usually answered in minutes!

Top Dell Computers & Internet Experts

Grand Canyon Tech
Grand Canyon Tech

Level 3 Expert

3867 Answers

SmartAviator
SmartAviator

Level 3 Expert

1124 Answers

Brad Brown

Level 3 Expert

19190 Answers

Are you a Dell Computer and Internet Expert? Answer questions, earn points and help others

Answer questions

Manuals & User Guides

Loading...