eadeadspace;1144660 Wrote:[color=blue]
> I have an emachine w3619 with dual core 2160 intel, 1.5 gig ram and
> windows vista 32 bit home premium. Recently my cd/dvd drive stopped
> reading cds. When i went into device manager it said the device was
> functioning properly and the drivers were up to date. I uninstalled the
> cd/dvd rom drive and restarted that did not fix the problem either. I
> deleted the upper and lower filters through regedit as some people had
> mentioned this did not fix the problem for me. My cd/dvd rom shows up
> in
> "computer" but always acts as if the drive is empty. Anyone else had
> the
> same problem?
>
>
> --
> eadeadspace[/color]

I HAVE TAKEN THE SAME STEPS AS YOU, NO FIX IN SITE! I AM RUNNING VISTA
HOME BASIC. MY JOB REQUIRES MY CD/DVD DRIVE....AHH! DO YOU SEE THE CD IN
"COMPUTER" BUT WHEN YOU CLICK IT, IT DOES NOTHING?
HAVE SEARCHED MANY FORUMS AND ALL OVER MICROSOFT! IS MY DISC DRIVE
DEAD? MY COMPUTER IS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD....TOSHIBA SATELLITE.:mad:


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heatfix
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Make a Restore Point.

Boot into SAFE MODE and use Device Manager and DELETE
ALL instances of the Drive. Reboot. Better?

Do these anyway :

Go to Toshiba and look for updates that affect drive, bios and others.
Install ALL available.

Toshiba Product Support (Upper Left)
[url]http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp[/url]

"heatfix" <heatfix.3unmwc@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
news:heatfix.3unmwc@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...[color=blue]
>
> eadeadspace;1144660 Wrote:[color=green]
>> I have an emachine w3619 with dual core 2160 intel, 1.5 gig ram and
>> windows vista 32 bit home premium. Recently my cd/dvd drive stopped
>> reading cds. When i went into device manager it said the device was
>> functioning properly and the drivers were up to date. I uninstalled the
>> cd/dvd rom drive and restarted that did not fix the problem either. I
>> deleted the upper and lower filters through regedit as some people had
>> mentioned this did not fix the problem for me. My cd/dvd rom shows up
>> in
>> "computer" but always acts as if the drive is empty. Anyone else had
>> the
>> same problem?
>>
>>
>> --
>> eadeadspace[/color]
>
> I HAVE TAKEN THE SAME STEPS AS YOU, NO FIX IN SITE! I AM RUNNING VISTA
> HOME BASIC. MY JOB REQUIRES MY CD/DVD DRIVE....AHH! DO YOU SEE THE CD IN
> "COMPUTER" BUT WHEN YOU CLICK IT, IT DOES NOTHING?
> HAVE SEARCHED MANY FORUMS AND ALL OVER MICROSOFT! IS MY DISC DRIVE
> DEAD? MY COMPUTER IS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD....TOSHIBA SATELLITE.:mad:
>
>
> --
> heatfix
> Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]
>[/color]

Most likely the drive (specifically the laser) has failed. Spirits
suggestion to delete the device and reboot couldn't hurt, but most likely
you need to replace it.
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"heatfix" <heatfix.3unmwc@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
news:heatfix.3unmwc@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...[color=blue]
>
> eadeadspace;1144660 Wrote:[color=green]
>> I have an emachine w3619 with dual core 2160 intel, 1.5 gig ram and
>> windows vista 32 bit home premium. Recently my cd/dvd drive stopped
>> reading cds. When i went into device manager it said the device was
>> functioning properly and the drivers were up to date. I uninstalled the
>> cd/dvd rom drive and restarted that did not fix the problem either. I
>> deleted the upper and lower filters through regedit as some people had
>> mentioned this did not fix the problem for me. My cd/dvd rom shows up
>> in
>> "computer" but always acts as if the drive is empty. Anyone else had
>> the
>> same problem?
>>
>>
>> --
>> eadeadspace[/color]
>
> I HAVE TAKEN THE SAME STEPS AS YOU, NO FIX IN SITE! I AM RUNNING VISTA
> HOME BASIC. MY JOB REQUIRES MY CD/DVD DRIVE....AHH! DO YOU SEE THE CD IN
> "COMPUTER" BUT WHEN YOU CLICK IT, IT DOES NOTHING?
> HAVE SEARCHED MANY FORUMS AND ALL OVER MICROSOFT! IS MY DISC DRIVE
> DEAD? MY COMPUTER IS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD....TOSHIBA SATELLITE.:mad:
>
>
> --
> heatfix
> Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url]
>[/color]