Drive will not read any disk

My disk drive will not read any disk when i place it in the drive and when i look in the device manager on the computer for any troubleshooting tips it says that the drive is corrupted or missing and the Windows help and support doesn't have a solution for my problem so if anyone has a reason as to why its doing it or if there is a way to fix it that'd be great Thanks

Anonymous Dec 22, 2007

dont read cd or dvd dont read cd or dvd
Anonymous Jan 03, 2008

I have the same problem. Interested if you find any solution. I have tried everything.

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1. go to device manager / right click on cd drive / uninstall driver / reboot and windows will reinstall driver 2. go to support.toshiba.com look for the exact model of your toshiba notebook and download the cd driver from there good luck!

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