My cd rom is not reading any disc and i keep hearing a clicking sound.

try to check CD ROM if its working or not and try also to used another Play Station using your DISC.if your disc is OK then your CD ROM of your play station needs to repair.

Is your disc scratched up? Clean the optics with a microfiber cloth, and try another disc. Try restarting your computer.

When you try to write data to an optical disc, you may experience any of the following symptoms:

* You receive various disc write error messages.
* You experience issues with the drive and the built-in recording feature of Windows XP.
* You experience issues with third-party programs that you use to write data to the disc.
* You cannot read the disc in all versions of Windows.
* You cannot read the disc, or some files on the disk, by using an MP3 player.
* When you add files or folders to a disc that already contains data, some files are lost.
* Recording files to the disc is inconsistent.
* The disc recording operation is consistently unsuccessful.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Troubleshooting specific errors
If you experience one of the following errors, follow the appropriate steps to resolve the error.

* There is no disc in the drive. Please insert a writable CD into drive.
This error can occur if the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable device. This error can also occur if the device driver has been corrupted. To resolve this issue, see Method 3 in the "General troubleshooting" section and Method 1 in the "Advanced troubleshooting" section.

* Drive not accessible, incorrect function
This error message typically occurs when you try to write to a CD-R or a CD-RW, and the Windows XP built-in disc recording feature does not recognize the CD drive as a recordable drive. This error message may also occur if specific third-party programs are installed. For more information about how to troubleshoot this error,

when you access the CD-ROM drive, the DVD-ROM drive, or the CD-RW drive
* Error Deleting File or Folder.
Cannot delete file name. Files on this CD-ROM drive are read-only. You cannot copy or move files over to this CD-ROM drive.

This error message can occur because individual files cannot be deleted from the CD-RW. You cannot use the CD disc recording feature of Windows XP for random-access storage while you are writing to disc.

To set the service to Automatic, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type services.msc /s, and then click OK.
2. Double-click IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service.
3. Under Service Status, click Start.
4. Try to write data to a CD.

the motor went bad in the drive if its not even trying to spin the disc. The only option at this point is to get the drive replaced.

it sounds like the cd rom driver in windows is not installed correctly try reinstalling the cd rom if that does not work the cd rom needs replaced

Try running a cleaner disc in the unit if that doesnt work try the following.

Starting at my computer... Right click on my computer icon.

Go to properties.

Then Hardware tab then go device manager. Right click on cdrom in device list. Select uninstall then reboot the computer. If this doesn't help replacing the unit will be necessary.

Installing a third-party image editor or viewer applications may sometimes hijack the image file associations. In such circumstances, you could use this utility to repair the file associations (following image file types) to Windows XP defaults.
Click on Download utility and Click on RUN and then once again RUN
Check All the files and then click on Repair Associations
Download Utility


For the CD DVD Issue
Step 1: Unplug any cables that are connected loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); a. Unplug any cables that are connected to the video outputs of the computer. b. Try to read the disc again. c. If you still experience problems with the disc, go to step 2.
Step 2: Update the DVD driver loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); a. Contact the manufacturer of the DVD Drive to obtain an updated driver for the DVD drive, and then follow the manufacturer’s instructions to install the driver. b. Try to read the disc again. c. If you still experience problems with the disc, go to step 3.
Step 3: Obtain a hardware-based DVD decoder or software-based DVD decoder loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); a. Contact the manufacturer of the DVD Drive to obtain a hardware-based DVD decoder or software-based DVD decoder, and then follow the manufacturer’s instructions to install the decoder.

Note Many video adapters help decode DVD discs. However, the video adapter may not fully decode a DVD movie. b. Try to read the disc again. c. If you still experience problems with the disc, make sure that the sound card in the computer is compatible with the DVD drive.

Note Hardware and software decoders usually need a sound card to play back DVD movies. d. Try to read the disc again. e. If you still experience problems with the disc, contact the manufacturer to obtain a new disc. .
Remove Duplicate Drives loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation'); Remove any duplicate CD-ROM or DVD drives being loaded by Windows. To do this: 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click System. 3. On the Device Manager tab, click View Devices By Type. 4. Double-click the CDROM or DVD branch to expand it. 5. Note the properties for each device listed in the branch. To do this: a. Click a device, and then click Properties. b. Click each tab in the device properties dialog box, and then record the device information and settings. c. Click OK. 6. Click OK, and then close Control Panel. 7. Restart Windows in Safe mode. To do this, use the appropriate method for your version of Microsoft Windows.

Step 1: Unplug any cables that are connected loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); a. Unplug any cables that are connected to the video outputs of the computer. b. Try to read the disc again. c. If you still experience problems with the disc, go to step 2.
Step 2: Update the DVD driver loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); a. Contact the manufacturer of the DVD Drive to obtain an updated driver for the DVD drive, and then follow the manufacturer’s instructions to install the driver. b. Try to read the disc again. c. If you still experience problems with the disc, go to step 3.
Step 3: Obtain a hardware-based DVD decoder or software-based DVD decoder loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation'); a. Contact the manufacturer of the DVD Drive to obtain a hardware-based DVD decoder or software-based DVD decoder, and then follow the manufacturer’s instructions to install the decoder.

Note Many video adapters help decode DVD discs. However, the video adapter may not fully decode a DVD movie. b. Try to read the disc again. c. If you still experience problems with the disc, make sure that the sound card in the computer is compatible with the DVD drive.

Note Hardware and software decoders usually need a sound card to play back DVD movies. d. Try to read the disc again. e. If you still experience problems with the disc, contact the manufacturer to obtain a new disc. .
Remove Duplicate Drives loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation'); Remove any duplicate CD-ROM or DVD drives being loaded by Windows. To do this: 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click System. 3. On the Device Manager tab, click View Devices By Type. 4. Double-click the CDROM or DVD branch to expand it. 5. Note the properties for each device listed in the branch. To do this: a. Click a device, and then click Properties. b. Click each tab in the device properties dialog box, and then record the device information and settings. c. Click OK. 6. Click OK, and then close Control Panel. 7. Restart Windows in Safe mode. To do this, use the appropriate method for your version of Microsoft Windows.

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check if your cd have scratches, this is one of the causes of disc error and you need to clean your cd rom you can use a cd cleaner just play it this cleans the lense o your cd rom