Cd Player Not Opening In Laptop

Expand dvd cd rom drives right click the optical drive listed then click.

Cd player not opening in laptop. About the worst thing it can be is if the motor or gear train failed which would mean replacing the drive. If it doesn t play or if you want to play a disc that is already inserted open windows media player and then in the player library select the disc name in the navigation pane. There are quite a few reasons the dvd tray in your laptop might fail to open when you hit the eject button. As a last resort you can remove the cd drive from the laptop and open the case and remove whatever is making the door stick shut.

Boot to the windows 10 desktop then launch device manager by pressing windows key x and clicking device manager. Dvd player will not eject easy fix. If a confirmation window opens select ok or yes. If dvd cd rom drives is not in the list skip to reset the computer power.

Here are a few easy ways to get a disc out of a stuck drive. The drive name is removed from the list and the dvd cd rom drives category is removed if there is only one drive. Windows should then detect the cd rom and reinstall it. If the disc in the drive plays ok you know that the power and the connector are fine.

A dvd or cd drive that won t open doesn t necessarily mean a lost disc or dead drive. Not all of the dell laptop optical drives have the release hole. Typically the disc will start playing automatically. After deleting the cd rom reboot the computer.

To open cd slot without buttons on a pc duration. To play a cd or dvd insert the disc you want to play into the drive. If yours doesn t then press in the release button in the exact center while pulling the door open with the other hand. If the cd rom works in safe mode but not in normal windows a running program is causing the issue or the drivers are corrupt.