CD drive problems

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here is an interesting one i have an optical drive that does'nt seem to want to play DVDs when i insert a DVD it makes a lot of noise but does nothing and when i go onto the explorer and click on the dvd drive it just takes me to the audio and video folders on the disc also if i right click and open autoplay nothing comes up does anyone have any ideas
here is the drive i have it says it can read dvds:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsumg-SH-118BB-DVD-ROM-SATA-Drive/dp/B00CU1DYP0
 

Have you checked if theres a video file such as "autorun" or whatever? I'm pretty sure theres an option in the Control Panel to let you select what happens when a DVD is inserted.
 

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tried but nothing happens