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Error: Please insert disk?

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zmanb213

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Ok so hears the deal. I upgraded an to XP and now all of the sudden my CDRW does not work. Windows detects the drive and it pops up in device manager but its unusable. Its a LiteOn Ltr-40125S. When i put a cd it trys to read it that after a minute it says "Please insert disc into drive E." Reloading firmware and drivers didnt work either. I tried the drive on master slave and cable select to no avail. Does anyone have any ideas?
 
Yes. You need to clean the lens. Open up your CD drive and clean the lens with a cotton-swab dipped in spirit. Dry the lens by using an absorbent like a soft tissue. Clean the lens carefully, don't exert any force on it. Don't let the spirit drip onto the lens either.
Was your CD-RW drive working before you upgraded to windows-xp? I have a feeling that windows-xp has nothing to do with the malfunctioning of the drive. You may need to open your drive because the drive may not be able to read the CD-drive cleaner.
If this doesn't work, then either the lens is not able to focus itself, faulty laser or defective firmware.
 
The drive was working fine before XP. I agree, i cant see why XP would have anything to do with this but it would be wierd if the lens was the problem. I'll open it up anyway and give it a cleaning.
 
I'm having this exact same problem. As a matter of fact, I have three different optical drives (CD-ROM, CDRW, DVDRW) that I've tried in different combinations of 2 and get the same result. So it's definitely not a lense issue. My gut feeling is that it has something to do with Windows. BIOS on my motherboard reads it just fine. Did you ever find a solution???

Tripp
 
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