DVD/CD drive no longer works

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Emuccm144 Posts 3 Registration date Thursday January 4, 2018 Status Member Last seen January 5, 2018 - Updated by Emuccm144 on 4/01/18 at 06:00 PM
Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Jan 5, 2018 at 04:06 PM
I'm fairly confident I know the reason why, but I have no clue how to go about fixing the issue. I saw a similar thread that made mention of my problem. https://ccm.net/forum/affich-7925-cd-rom-dvd-drive-won-t-work , someone mentioned that if you have Daemon Tools installed (which I do), then you need to turn off emulation (I don't know how to do that).

I installed Daemon Tools to try to run some game emulations, but I'm far from an expert in this area, so I realized I likely screwed something up.

When I insert a DVD into the drive and close it, then click on the drive in My Computer, this pops up https://gyazo.com/9e818c2b318e8f647a7f78a5b5c995ee instead of it running the DVD, I see this.
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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,163
Jan 4, 2018 at 06:28 PM
What is your operating system?

Why would you need a daemon tool?

What type of disks are you trying to use?

What's on those disks.

Do you wish to emulate something?

The message you get comes from either the disks or the daemon tool.
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Emuccm144 Posts 3 Registration date Thursday January 4, 2018 Status Member Last seen January 5, 2018
Jan 4, 2018 at 06:49 PM
Hey, thanks for the reply.

Windows 8.1

I thought I needed daemon tools to mount a virtual drive to run game ISO's on.

DVD discs

The disc I'm using is just a movie DVD disc, but I get the same results with any DVD I put in.

I used to want to emulate games just for fun, but I'd rather have a functioning DVD player on my computer, so I'm not so concerned with emulating games anymore.
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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,163 > Emuccm144 Posts 3 Registration date Thursday January 4, 2018 Status Member Last seen January 5, 2018
Jan 5, 2018 at 07:47 AM
Please remove the daemon tool, it's the one creating the problem.
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Emuccm144 Posts 3 Registration date Thursday January 4, 2018 Status Member Last seen January 5, 2018
Jan 5, 2018 at 12:56 PM
I've tried uninstalling it, it doesn't fix the problem.
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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,163
Jan 5, 2018 at 04:06 PM
Good,

Now download and install CCleaner:

https://ccm.net/downloads/security-and-maintenance/4555-ccleaner/

Launch CCleaner, clean on tools and clean your registry.

2, Reinstall your DVD/CD player driver

Let me know
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