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I have a Dell Inspiron computer with operating system Vista Home Premium and I'm having trouble with my CD drive. It will not read most CDs, it will play the music CDs, but when I try to copy data, it says insert CD when a CD is already inserted. I've tried CD-RWs, an auto save photo CDs which I just purchased and they do not work. The drive does not recognize them. I have a Dell Inspiron computer with operating system Vista Home Premium and I'm having trouble with my CD drive. It will not read most CDs, it will play the music CDs, but when I try to copy data, it says insert CD when a CD is already inserted. I've tried CD-RWs, an auto save photo CDs which I just purchased and they do not work. The drive does not recognize them.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoits either broken, scratched, or its in the wrong format, or your CD drive is broken or has a dirty laser.
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