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Please could any body help with a small problem that i have got on my son's laptop (TIME) it will play dvd's fine but when you put in a cd or a game to in stall it can not see any thing the drive it is fitted with a MATSU****A CD-RW CW-8121 please can anybody help
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Ok try this

Go into control Panel

click on System

Click the hardware tab

click Device manager

right click your CD Rom and select un install

Reboot the system and see if that helps.
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No still the same very strang cos it will play a dvd fine but not a cd :-(
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Hi faz

How old is the cd/dvd drive?
Have you cleaned it recently as the cd laser may be clogged?


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Ran a cd cleaner in the drive the other day and its starting to work ok thank for your help Faz :-)
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Great! Thanks for letting us know


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