Date: 10/23/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: no keywords

I asked around on computerhelp a few days ago with no help, and I called Compaq and they were no help either.

I bought a Compaq SR1500NX in August. It's really crappy and slow and I hate it. But it had a DVD-R/CD-RW drive, and it was cheap.

The CD drive worked fine up until about two weeks ago. Then it just sat there and did nothing. I tried playing CDs and DVDs and it wouldn't do anything. I tried burning CDs through different programs, and they all said "Please insert a disc" even though there was a disc in there. Whenever I put one in, I get the little cursor with the pointy arrow and a disc, so I know the computer knows a CD is in there. It just doesn't know what to do with it.

The Compaq guy ran me through System Restore and it worked. I could play a DVD. So my sister (who is the beginning of all my problems) got online while I took a shower, and now the drive doesn't work. I ran System Restore again, and it doesn't work now.

What can I do? I really need to burn some CDs right now.

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