My computer stopped playing dvds all of a sudden?

Question

My computer is a compaq presario and it has a cd/dvd player which always used to work fine. It stopped playing dvds all of a sudden but it still plays and can burn cds fine. Nothing comes up when i insert a cd (its not on autoplay) and when i try to access the dvd thats inserted through my computer or any dvd player program it just says theres no dvd inserted. Its happened to me before on this same computer and i fixed it just by downloading some program, im not sure which though, but i know that it is fixable without taking it to a computer person. So can anyone suggest a program or anything i can download that may fix this problem, i have windows xp.

thanks!

Answer 1

Try a CD/DVD laser head cleaner-that helped me once.If that doesn't work you will have to get a new DVD drive.Trying to get it fixed will cost more than a new one-believe me.look in the link,prices start at lets say $25.

Answer 2

try to load dvd player software into your system.