Here's how it happens: you will have a day off, you will buy an interesting film, you will prepare everything you need for a romantic date, you will call your girlfriend. And suddenly a wonderful evening that has not even begun has turned into a real problem - the computer’s drive completely refuses to read any media. So, if the drive does not see the disk, what should I do? Firstly, do not worry. There are not many reasons for this malfunction to repair the computer all day. Secondly - get comfortable and get ready to read this material. The article contains the most common problems that negatively affect the operation of the drive, as well as ways to solve them.
First solution to the problem
Let's start with the easiest - with startup options. They can go astray easily, but unfortunately they are unable to return to their original parameters on their own. If the drive does not see the disk because of them, the user's task is much easier. Indeed, the problem can be eliminated in just a few seconds: you need to go to "My Computer", right-click on the drive’s shortcut and click on "Properties". In the menu that appears, go to autorun and there already in a couple of mouse clicks solve the problem with a disabled drive. After these simple steps, restarting the computer is not necessary at all, as the new settings are applied instantly.
What else could be causing?
The second trifle, which, however, can also prevent the drive from working stably, is an unincluded drive in the device manager. In this case, you only need to turn it on: you can do this with one click. But it is important to know where exactly the necessary button is located. In the menu of the aforementioned dispatcher, it is located in the "device use" window. By the way, it is important to first see if the drive is turned on and only after that change something there. Otherwise, you can turn off the “formally” working drive, putting this action at risk of the success of all further attempts to heal the computer.
If the above manipulations did not help, you do not have to rush to leave the device manager. In his menu, you can perform another operation, which can help in solving the problem with the drive. It is possible that the drive does not work simply because something happened to its driver. To check this, you need to completely remove the installed driver: you can do it all in the same device manager. After it is safely removed, you will need to restart the computer. Once loaded again, the system will help the user download from the Internet and install a new driver. If after that the drive does not see the drive as before, you will have to proceed with more decisive actions.
We rummage through the registry
If the drive works, but does not see the drives, the problem may be in programs designed to create images, if those, of course, were once installed on a computer. Such programs sometimes leave completely unnecessary “traces” in the registry, which are easy to remove, but finding it is problematic. It will be much easier to return to a specific point of system recovery when the drive was still working and successfully performing its tasks. By the way, many users make a mistake when they delete the harmful programs themselves, and not the culprits of the problems that are “registered” in the registry. The CCleaner program, which is one of the most popular programs for optimizing computer performance , can help clean the system from unnecessary “garbage” . Although it does not fix the drive, it will make the process of repairing it as quick and comfortable as possible.
Are the cables to blame?
Enough to "climb the system", very tired and want to relax? You will have such a chance right now, and without prejudice to the time it takes to fix the computer. The fact is that the drive may refuse to work for the reason that the loops connecting it to the system board have departed. In this case, you need to disassemble the system unit. And there already disconnect and reconnect all the cables leading from the drive to the PC. If the user does not understand well in “all these strange glands”, he does not need to disassemble anything at all - it is better to attract people who can find the necessary loops and correctly carry out the necessary actions. The same advice should be given to the lucky owners of laptops - no need to try to fix something where nothing is clear! You can verify that the problem is in the removed contact in the BIOS: if the drive does not appear there, then you may have come very close to solving the problem. By the way, wandering around the BIOS menu without understanding anything at all is also not worth it - you can lose the system.
User, help yourself!
Asking the question: why the drive does not see the disk, people often completely forget that the problem may be in the system itself. If this is the case, you will need to install various antiviruses in turn and scan the system for vulnerabilities. By the way, not only specialized virus scanning programs can help. It successfully searches for system vulnerabilities and is immediately eliminated by the Advanced System Care program, which in the meantime can optimize the system.
Drive cleaning: why is it needed
Tried all the ways to solve the problem, but the drive does not see the drive so far? Perhaps he was just very dusty. It is not recommended to disassemble and clean it yourself. It is better to buy a special cleaning disc, which, thanks to the presence of special cleaning brushes, can do its job very efficiently. When acquiring it, it is important to pay attention to the softness of the cleaning devices - too hard, inflexible brushes can scratch the drive laser.
One problem and one solution!
If the CD drive does not see the disk, it is possible that it simply does not support it. In order for all disks to play on a computer, you need to buy a multi-drive. Nothing helps to fix the problem that the drive does not see the disk, despite numerous attempts to "cure" it? Then just make sure that the problem is in it and go to the store for a new drive. Nowadays, thanks to rapidly developing technologies, you can buy a high-speed, high-tech drive: it will delight its owner not only with what works, but also with a high recording speed.