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I am assuming you are using a Windows machine, is that correct? Have you tried opening my computer and double clicking on the Y drive? This should auto open Windows Media Player or third party media app and your DVD will start playing shortly thereafter.
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I am assuming you are using a Windows machine, is that correct? Have you tried opening my computer and double clicking on the Y drive? This should auto open Windows Media Player or third party media app and your DVD will start playing shortly thereafter.

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Can you see the disc contents when opening your (Y) driveletter in the windows explorer?<br />
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Do you see any related errors in the Windows event log, category system or application?<br />
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Is this a newly installed drive or did it just stop working?
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Can you see the disc contents when opening your (Y) driveletter in the windows explorer?

Do you see any related errors in the Windows event log, category system or application?

Is this a newly installed drive or did it just stop working?

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Does it show up in Device Manager with a Yellow Exclamation Mark? If so, it may need to be reset. We need to know the operating system in this case. ... Thinkpads_User<br />

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Does it show up in Device Manager with a Yellow Exclamation Mark? If so, it may need to be reset. We need to know the operating system in this case. ... Thinkpads_User


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Wndows XP Professional Service pack 3.<br />
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There is nothing in the event log to coincide with the failure to read the disk. &nbsp; When I double-click the drive letter in My Computer, a message appears to say &quot;Please insert a disc in drive D&quot;.
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Wndows XP Professional Service pack 3.

There is nothing in the event log to coincide with the failure to read the disk.   When I double-click the drive letter in My Computer, a message appears to say "Please insert a disc in drive D".

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It shows up normally in device manager.
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If it does boot (look at thinkpads_user's post) then you may have an Upper or Lower filters problem.<br />
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See <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us</a>&nbsp;for more information.
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If it does boot (look at thinkpads_user's post) then you may have an Upper or Lower filters problem.

See http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us [http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us] for more information.

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This free software may indicate what is wrong with your settings or drive.<br />
Nero CD-DVD Speed <br />
<a href="http://nero-cd-dvd-speed.en.softonic.com/" rel="ugc">http://nero-cd-dvd-speed.en.softonic.com/</a>
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This free software may indicate what is wrong with your settings or drive.
Nero CD-DVD Speed
http://nero-cd-dvd-speed.en.softonic.com/ [http://nero-cd-dvd-speed.en.softonic.com/]

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Thank you. &nbsp; Simple answer.
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You are most welcome and I was pleased to assist. ... Thinkpads_User<br />

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You are most welcome and I was pleased to assist. ... Thinkpads_User


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I have a DVD ROM drive in my computer. &nbsp; It shows up as a drive letter in y Computer, but when I put in a DVD or CD, it does not play the disk.
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I have a DVD ROM drive in my computer.   It shows up as a drive letter in y Computer, but when I put in a DVD or CD, it does not play the disk.

Why does my DVD drive not work?

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.