Re: CD-ROM drive cannot read CDs

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Link1051 wrote:
My computer's internal CD-ROM drive cannot read any CDs. However,
most CDs work fine in a USB CD-ROM drive. I have tried multiple
methods to fix this, such as deleting the registry and doing a
clean boot, but none of them worked.

The malfunctioning drive is an HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8080N, and my
computer is running XP SP2.

Replace the defective hardware?

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