Please Insert Disk...

hey, please help, i've been having a "Please insert Disk into drive D:." Problem for over a month now with EVERY disk i put in. so i can't even format my PC by puting in the recovery disk because it does'nt even recognise the disk...

i'd be more than happy if anyone has any idea's on how to solve this annoying problem



- Terry :

Hi Terry, Does this happen with all CDs? Is this CD burnt or an original copy?

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All Cd's.. Original's or Burnt.. My CD REWriter Drive (E) works .... but not Drive D, i've tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, and checking if it's enabled, yada, yada, yada, i've noticed it can play VERY few Audio Cd's..before a month ago i never had this problem. if i was to say put "THE SIMS" computer game in, i would hear the disk Running. but it would act as if no disk were in there.

thanks for the speedy post James, Apreciated, but can anyone solve it

So it's not a media issue then. I would think that it may be a bad IDE connecter on the cable- try replacing it. Or make sure that the drive's jumpers are setup properly (master/ slave). Or try taking that drive out and put it in another PC to see if you get the same error.

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I had this issue on my old cd-rom drive, turned out there was a lot of crap on the lenses, I used compressed air to blow it out. Maybe this is the case for you too.

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dude, one time, on an old PC, i was putting in a CD-Rewriter, i completley broke the pc, so i'm not taking chances with that

.. i was wondering if you've heard about this problem before? or maybe there may be some Fix or a program that "RUNS DISKS" so to speak.

hey, SwordWielder , sorry about the double post, but double posting is the last thing on my worries at the moment, what do you mean by "compressed air" and how did you "Blow the dust / whatever away from the lense" were would the Lense be? i'd have to open up my pc, right? like i said before i did that before, and broke the pc, i'm not exactly Mr. Handyman

There's not a whole lot you can do to try to fix this if you don't go inside your computer. Just do things step by step or even write down things.

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You can get it from Walmart, it's air that's in a can. You stick the straw into the CD drive itself and blow the dust out.

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"Behold, I am not Gandalf the grey, whom you betrayed. I am Gandalf the white, who has returned from death."

"We meet again. At the turn of the tide. The great storm is coming, but the tide has turned."

Walmart? sorry i'm from England, we don't have a Walmart here, i'll look around for a "compressed air can" around the local shops and if neccassary "open up my pc"