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i'll try that and post my results.

thanks for all the help.

instead of me opening up my computer to see if any wires were loose,i just called the store where i bought it and i asked the guy what he thought could be wrong, he sais this: it could be a loose wire, or the whole cd rom is blown.

It could also be caused by a virus. You can try the http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan virus check.  Something similar happenned to me several years ago with the famous virus Natas.

if it is a virus how would i gt me cd-rom back?

Having it cleaned up by the antivirus (activescan does also kill them) and a restart should fix it.

Anyway, analyse it harware-wise:

Try another cd-rom device. If that does not work it could be a failure in the motherboard. If this is the case, change the position of the device (any of the free IDE cables: primary slave, secondary master, secondary slave).

If this didn't solve it you should try another motherboard (but let that to the technicians )

i have only one cd-rom drive (cd burner)

Well, try to change the position. Shut down the computer, unplug it from power supply, swap the large flat cable plugged to the device with another one wich is not used (do not swap it with the one plugged to the hard-disk).

Start the computer. If it works, you're done.

If not it's probably the device itself what got broken, to fix it you'll have to buy a new one.

i'll try it and let you know,
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