"Please insert a disc into drive D:" error message

I have a new Gateway MD7820u laptop computer running Vista Home Premium
that is now asking me to "Please insert a disc into drive D:" regardless
of what is in or not in the drive. I have deleted the drive from device
manager and let Windows reinstall the drivers, done a system restore,
updated all the Windows drivers, uninstalled anything loaded after the
last time the drive worked, and physically cleaned the lens on the
optical drive all to no avail.

Does anyone have any experience with this error? I'm holding out for a
Vista-related problem because the drive is new (sticker on bottom of
laptop is dated 10 February 2009) and the laptop has never left the
house. I didn't have the computer for more than a month when this
happened. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Thank you
in advance for your assistance.

 

When does this message comes up?
Is it as the time when you use your Drive or at the time of startup or
comes randomly?


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Sorry, I should have mentioned this happens whenever I try to access or
use the D: drive, and the drive pops open like it's trying to eject a
disk (whether there is a disk in the drive or not).

It doesn't recognize any kind of disk (CD, DVD, CD-R, etc.) and the day
before this happened I burned a song from iTunes to a disk and the right
before I started having problems with the drive I was installing a
Targus universal USB docking station.

 

Hi dcrf2000, Here are some steps you must perform to eliminate the cause
of this problem:
1: try using your dvd drive in safe mode.
2: disable all startup items in msconfig.
2: Uninstall the dvd drive from device manager.
3: Delete the *UpperFilters*, *LowerFilters* and *NoInstallClass* in
registry by going to
*HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class*
Under Class, click on *{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.*
In the right pane, right-click *UpperFilters*, and then click on
*Delete*.
In the right pane, right-click *LowerFilters*, and then click on
*Delete*.
Click on *Yes* when prompted to delete the registry value.
Close regedit and restart your computer.


--
kavita

God Helps Those Who Help Others.
A Man In Need Is A Man In Deed.
This is all I learn here......

 

Thanks for the advice, made the registry correction but still receive
the same error message.

 

Have you tried doing a system restore to a date before you installed the
docking station?
Did the installation of the docking station require you to install from a CD
or DVD?
It appears that your drive may have had an early life failure.

 

Yes, I restored it to a point well before I had any drive problems. It
was shortly after I used the Targus install disk that I had the drive
problems.

 

Well did you still have problems with the drive when you restored to before
the Targus install disk was used in the drive?
If yes is there any possibility that the Targus disk was warped or had any
other problems that could have damaged the drive when the door was closed?

 

Month old? call gateway to have the laptop replaced

 

Hi there!
I don't have the answer but I certainly have the same problem. I have a
Sony Vaio laptop that is only a few months old. Backup & Restore worked
perfectly for a month or two and then it kept telling me to insert a
disc when there was already one in the drive. The darn thing will not
back anything up no matter what I do - how can it? There is NO DISC IN
THE DRIVE ( acording to it!) I have posted the problem on a Microsoft
website and had several experts giving me the benefit of their advice,
as a result of which I have tried absolutely everything humanly possible
and still the problem persists. It would be interesting to know how many
other people have experienced the same problem. Maybe we could send a
petition off to Microsoft! I make light of it, but I do have a heck of a
job backing up files. I find that if I ignore the warning message (don't
click on the 'OK') and wait a while, the backup process will start and I
can successfully create a backup disc, although at the end, when I close
the windows, I'm told that the file backup was cancelled - it still
won't recognise that a disc was created! So - how about a virtual show
of hands? Any other sufferers out there?

 

me too man

well, me too. i tried upgrading to windows 7 to see if it would fix the problem.. it worked for like 2 days and i burned cds and all but now im back to the same issue. *sadface* i want my cd drive to work...ive got a sony vaio VGN-NR330E former visa home premium now windows 7 home premium..