My Labtop Won't Recognize Any Discs

I have a Satellite A305-S6843 Labtop. Wheneve I put in a CD it doesnt show up
in the Computer file, as in I can't see it as a file like on my real PC at
home. So, the only CDs that I can use are ones that startup by themselves,
and not even all of those work. So I'm wondering how do I open files on these
CDs or play the games on these CDs , or even just be able to see them on my
Labtop.

try looking at them with EXPLORER.








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I have a Satellite A305-S6843 Labtop. Wheneve I put in a CD it doesnt show up
in the Computer file, as in I can't see it as a file like on my real PC at
home. So, the only CDs that I can use are ones that startup by themselves,
and not even all of those work. So I'm wondering how do I open files on these
CDs or play the games on these CDs , or even just be able to see them on my
Labtop.

/AW/ wrote:
> I have a Satellite A305-S6843 Labtop. Wheneve I put in a CD it doesnt show up
> in the Computer file, as in I can't see it as a file like on my real PC at
> home. So, the only CDs that I can use are ones that startup by themselves,
> and not even all of those work. So I'm wondering how do I open files on these
> CDs or play the games on these CDs , or even just be able to see them on my
> Labtop.

I would do the following:

1) download the latest drivers from the manufacturer for the cd drive.
2) delete the drive from the device manager
3) reboot and let the machine re-discover the drive (have the drivers
available, just in case).

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

Is that like a laptop?

"/AW/" </AW/@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80CF5469-795C-4470-933C-...
>I have a Satellite A305-S6843 Labtop. Wheneve I put in a CD it doesnt show
>up
> in the Computer file, as in I can't see it as a file like on my real PC at
> home. So, the only CDs that I can use are ones that startup by themselves,
> and not even all of those work. So I'm wondering how do I open files on
> these
> CDs or play the games on these CDs , or even just be able to see them on
> my
> Labtop.