Need expert help! CD player does not read the contents of the disc. Help!

I searched and tried everything what we can imagine and impossible to find a solution. I can also restore because I don't really know this error at startup. Here are the symptoms and fixes I've tried. If there is someone out there who could help me it would be greatly appreciated!

System:, I have XP w/SP3 installed. Dual-Core 3.0 G w / 3G P5N72T - MB Ram, HD 300 G, Asus CD/DVD Drive.

Symptoms:

  • I had my CD player connected via PATA ribbon cable and my hard drive connected via a SATA cable.
  • My CD player will not autorun when an installation disc is installed.
  • My CD player will not read or display the contents of the disc when I use the file Explorer.
  • My letter of CD drive is D:\ and always appear as one of the discs.
  • When I use the command "run" and type: D:\install or D:\setup a windows "disk is not formatted" error appears stating "Windows is unable to read the disc. The disk might be corrupted or it could be in a form that is not compatible with windows.
  • My Green CD player will sweep on and I can hear it turn every time I try to explore the files or after I insert a disc, but she never autoruns, or displays content.
  • I decided to buy a new SATA CD drive and installed, unfortunately it does not work either exact problems remain.
  • I have two CD drives to another computer and they both work. So I know this isn't the disc or the lens.
  • I ran the utility Microsoft Fix It and she finds nothing wrong.
  • I ran the TweakUI to make safe autoplay features are on.
  • I did all the registry fixes proposed by microsoft and online forums. i.e. upper and lower, filters etc.
  • I removed the device from Device Manager and reinstalled.
  • I ran a virus, spyware, malware, and everything is clean.
  • I have the latest version of the system bios and all settings are fine. Most are on Auto that are associated with the detection.
  • Type of device DMA modes are selected in automatic detection.
  • If I could read a disc that I could try to reinstall windows XP, but it is not an option now until my CD player is fixed!
  • I don't have any installed like Nero buring CD software.
  • I actually installed Nero Light to see if it would read a disc, and of course I can see the disk and copy its content to my hard drive or take an image of the disk.
  • I tried to rename the drive, disconnect the drive.
  • I'm sure I tried other things, but can't remember right now!

Thanks for your help in advance!
Mike

Hi msavage2000,

It seems you have tried most of the steps to solve this problem. However, we would like to know if the drive does recognize the drive?

As we know readers work, I would like you to try a new PATA/IDE cable and check the result.

With regard to:

Samhrutha G S - Microsoft technical support.

Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

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