CD Drive problems

[jackm12]

This is a problem I'm experiencing within Win95 and WinXP.
My Computer tells me it recognizes an existing CD Drive. I can perform the 'eject' function. But, no media is recognized. Whether the CD is software or music. When I attempt to start the drive with a CD Windows does not recognize that there is anything in the drive.
Insasmuch as I can 'see' that there is a Drive, and can perform an 'eject' with my mouse, can anyone give me a clue as to what may be the problem.
In the case of the Win95; when a CD is entered, the Drive light does not light up; but the drive light comes on after the CD is removed!
On the WinXP system, the drive lights up when the CD is inserted, but goes out immediately and the disk is not recognized.
Thanks

[enat66]

Is it recongnized if you go to My Computer and double click on the drive? Are you just saying the auto-play feature doesn't work?

[Alfons]

This is a problem I'm experiencing within Win95 and WinXP.
My Computer tells me it recognizes an existing CD Drive. I can perform the 'eject' function. But, no media is recognized. Whether the CD is software or music. When I attempt to start the drive with a CD Windows does not recognize that there is anything in the drive.
Insasmuch as I can 'see' that there is a Drive, and can perform an 'eject' with my mouse, can anyone give me a clue as to what may be the problem.
In the case of the Win95; when a CD is entered, the Drive light does not light up; but the drive light comes on after the CD is removed!
On the WinXP system, the drive lights up when the CD is inserted, but goes out immediately and the disk is not recognized.
Thanks
A CD Drive's BIOS can respond to a query by the computer and let it know that it's alive and well, (when the CD Drive BIOS microcontroller dies, the computer BIOS won't see the CD Drive) but this doesn't mean that everything on it has been tested. The read/write circuitry cannot be tested by the BIOS for obvious reasons and the only way you can tell is the way you've done it, try with a CD. You can try cleaning the lens with a CD cleaner, but in my experience, when you get these symptoms, it's time to replace the drive.

The light comes on in response to the tray closing and not to a CD being in the tray.

[jackm12]

Is it recongnized if you go to My Computer and double click on the drive? Are you just saying the auto-play feature doesn't work?
No, Autoplay is not the problem! I'm stating that Windows does not recognize that there is a disk in the CD Drive or that the disk is not properly formatted, or is blank. I know for a fact that the disks I've tried are valid software and music disks.
jackm12