right can any one help me my computer has had a problem for about 5 weeks now . wot it is i put a CD in the and all that hapons is i get disc flashing on the moniter for about 10 seconds and thats it it dose not come up with the box to ask wot i wont to do with it . and all so all i here is a wush as the disc gose to spin and then the same sound about 10 seconds later . befor i could here the cd spinning up and down as it did its stuff now fuck all CAN ANY ONE TELL ME WOTS RONG and in english step by step wot i have to do to sort it thanks for your time ...IAN

 

Assuming the CDs can be read in another computer, the CD drive is shagged, most likely.

Step 1: Buy a new CD drive
Step 2: Replace current CD drive with new CD drive

Job done.

 

This happens with any cd yes? even a shop bought music cd?

 

yes mate thats right

 

You sure your using the correct type cd/dvds? some drives wont accept all types, plus some just wont work, as i find out, so i always stick to philips discs which always seem to work for me.

 

put in a proper music cd, wait about 20seconds, and then go into my computer, look on "devices with removeable storage" and click on your cd drive and tell me what happens.

If it still wont open up/nothing happens that way either then id say it was screwed.

You can get a dvd/cd drive for about £15 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/154832 takes longer to open the pc than it does to install it just a matter of unscrewing the old one and taking out 2-3 plugs, screw in the new one and connect the plugs back in, most likely the same way they came off the old one

 

i did wot you said and i got a cd to play for the first time in a long time but when i put the cd in this came up ..

THIS FILE DOSE NOT HAVE A PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREAT AN ASSOCIATION IN THE FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL PANEL.

 

and just now i put in the cd that came with my internet box and that work as it should

 

sounds like you dont have the software to actually play the cd? what are you using to play music, windows media player? if so that should play any music fine

 

Did you try what i said above for the other chap to try? he thought his drive was buggered yet it works now

 

Its no biggie, as above even a novice can change a disc drive if you use your eyes and match the plugs up cheap aswell

 

so if its software problem wot can i do about it. a lad at work that is clued up on this stuff said it might need to down load a driver ??????????

 

What i meant was, if your trying to play music but you dont have a programme to play the music in then you'd get a similar error message to the one you posted, but im assuming you know that already and that your using windows media player?

 

No this is not a driver issue in any case Windows nativly has the drivers for CD ROM drives etc.

Drivers are an interface between the hardware device and the operating system and if the driver was not present you would not see your drive at all.

As has been mentioned if you could explain the CD you are using which has a problem with a file extention problem then the file association can be set or software installed if needed.

Another question has the CD in question with the problem ever run correctly on your PC before?

If so have you installed/removed any software lately?

Kind regards,

Martin.

 

Using this post to quote, but replying to all posts.

Windows does have a std driver for all DVD/CD drives, however this can become corrupt like any other driver or indeed windows can have a problem with the drive itself. If you are using windows XP, use the inbuilt system restore and move it back more than 5 weeks ago as you say this is when it started giving grief. Easiest way to sort it!

If this doesnt work or you dont want to do it, get a cd that you can boot from, such as a norton antivirus or a windows cd and see if the disc boots. If this works you know the drive is fine and its a software issue. You may have to go into the computer bios to change the boot order, most systems should be ok, but if it does need a change, make sure the dvd/cd drive boots before the hard drive.

 

go in device manager and uninstall the drive...re-boot and windows will find a fresh *.inf and bingo.....flicking through the post it sounds like either media or the laser is fooked....

 

Yes but the drive can be seen and Windows can read the media in the drive it errors stating it has a file assosiation problem. This would indicate a software issue.

To the thread owner I take it this a Audio CD you are trying to use and since you got the file association error have you tried inserting another CD such as a software CD/DVD like a game and launch it manually the same as you did before from My Computer, as it sounds you might have Autoplay disabled as well.

Also with the same CD you are getting the assosiation problem with with the CD in the drive in my computer right click the drive and click explore this should launch a window displaying al the files on the CD.

Kind regards,

Martin.

 

Ill refer you guys to that comment before you keep reeling off possible cures
Seems like hes got it working?

 

Missed that, ok then so as I say it's an association problem ok heres the solution,

In my computer across the menu bar and the top you will see "Tools" from here you will get a sub menu you then need to select "Folder Options" this then will launch a window with tabs across the top you one you want to select is "File Types" this can take a while and you will see a yellow torch this is perfectly normal, mostly will depend on how much software you have installed on your PC.

You will then see all the file assosiation for your PC (WORD OF WARNING BE CAREFUL IN HERE) it is in alphabetical order. You need to go down until you find CDA if you just type CDA this will take you to it(Assuming this is a proper Audio CD that you would buy from HMV etc. Then click change at the bottom again this launches another window and hopefully to make it easier for you it should be in the list of application that appear. Select Windows Media Player and check Always use the selected program to open this type of file click ok, then close.

You may need to change other associations but we will start with this first.

Kind regards,

Martin.

 

I think he should try system restore as it will move all his file associations back for him and he wont lose any data or muck it up. Easy for a novice to do!

 

hi lads sorry iv not replyed till now about the help your giving me .right wot i have done is i bort a program ( driver detective ) and that told me that i had 8 drivers missing so i told it to sort it which it did so them i put a CD in the box came up on the computer which normoly would say wot do you wont to do with it / play / rip / copy and so on but in the was NO windows programs it had ( nero )as a gost not solid tex. It all so had ( nokia ) which when i click on it . it will now play a CD . BUT it gets better i have got AGV on my computer and i was give a disc with ( SPY BOT ) on it so i got it into the computer and ran it 384 problems so it sorted them out so i put a disc back it it wont play so i run DRIVER DETECTIVE agen and one of the drivers was gone so it put it back did a reboot and it plays agen but only when set to play on NOKIA ?? ...O and i wold do a back bate but it wont let me do one and that been ever sins i got a TROJON on this computer which 4 days later windows sent me a update and the got rid of it . i think its come time to give this computer to my mate and get him to reformat it and start all over agen .. I FUCKING HATE COMPUTERS

 

Go into my computer, right click your cd drive and go to properties.
click on autoplay tab at the top, and what is that set to? mines on prompt me each time.

 

i had to do that last night and thats wot it now set at but it was not till last night and thats were i sore that there is no windows prograns in that box

 

Thats telling you that you dont have any software installed to perform the action, so if for example you want to play music, you cant unless you have a music programme to play it, but unless you have uninstalled things then you will already have windows media player which plays most music, so im not sure why you dont have anything in that box

 

From what you now have said I would do as Tony mentioned above and do a system restore as it sounds as if you have major problems this will take it back to a point when it was working.

Kind regards,

Martin.

 

i would love to do that mate but the computer says NO . Well it says there are no dates to reset it to and it wont let me put one in

 

I think you'd be better off cutting your loses and reinstalling windows, just save all your important documents onto a usb flash drive or something(can get them for £5-10 on amazon) then stick the windows disc in and away you go

You could do it your self probably, just follow the on screen instructions, click a few buttons, and its done, then just let windows update on its own(again clicking a few buttons) and then stick your personal stuff back on, thats all there is to it.

The whole process should take about 1 hour/1 hour 30mins