Error: Please insert disk?

[zmanb213]

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?

 

[thermalpaste]

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.

 

[zmanb213]

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.

 

[tripppowell]

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