PC not reading discs in CD drives

Today I noticed when I started my computer I recieved a error message that said...there is no disc in drive or something like that.... I kind of ignored it and closed it out.....Then I was making some copies of a disc and noticed a message that said there was a problem writing the disc...Now When ever I put a disc in the CD drives when I go to open it it either says there is no disc in there or nothing shows up.....anyone have any idea on the problem?
Ran virus scan and spyware and found no virus...
Please help!!!

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Originally Posted by bones93

Today I noticed when I started my computer I recieved a error message that said...there is no disc in drive or something like that.... I kind of ignored it and closed it out.....Then I was making some copies of a disc and noticed a message that said there was a problem writing the disc...Now When ever I put a disc in the CD drives when I go to open it it either says there is no disc in there or nothing shows up.....anyone have any idea on the problem?
Ran virus scan and spyware and found no virus...
Please help!!!

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First thing that came to mind,was you have a virus...Run a different anti-virus prog on ur pc and make sure 100%. You can also unplug ur cd-rom from inside of your tower and plug it back in and restart. Last time i had that problem it was because of a virus..I also have two cd-roms and if i dont have the original one plugged in,it refuses to read the other for some reason...

I will give it a shot on the viru scan. I ran AVG virus scan. I will try another program and see what happens...Thanks for the help on this

Have you unistalled Roxio or Nero Lately? Sometimes disabling cd burning software will cause windows to no longer recognize your cd drives as hardware .. Go to device manager and see if there is any icons by your drive.. Like an exclimation mark..

How do I get to device manager?....I am a little slow when it comes to computers....lol
Thanks for the help

wat operating system are you running

I am running Windows XP........Now yesterday when I came in from work I opened the drive and closed it and now it is reading my CD's......I dont know what is up with the **** thing....lol

well device manager is control panel -- system -- hardware just select device manager and your cd rom will be there

OK
When I go into device manager the drives have plus marks by them. Im assuming that is correct?....Thanks again for all the help!

yes if you click on those plus marks then it will show you wat hardware you have installed you can then right click on it to get its properties