What if the computer does not see the disk?

Modern computer technologies are developing so quickly that it is rather difficult to follow this process. Not many will remember when they had to use the device for viewing disks last time, that is, a disk drive. The current models of computers are designed in such a way that the need for this part is virtually eliminated. But there are people who still need these devices, for example, lovers listen to old and rare songs recorded on the disc. Also, fans of computer games often face the need to install new entertainment from a portable drive. But quite often there are such situations when the computer simply refuses to read the information. From this article we learn what to do if the computer does not see the disk, and how to solve the problem yourself.

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Causes of lack of contact between the computer and the

disk There is a huge number of possible causes of such a breakdown, due to which the computer does not see the disks or the drive does not work correctly. Now we will look at each of them in more detail and find out whether it is possible to fix the problem without resorting to the help of a master.

Non-working disk

Disks can not be called very reliable data carriers, because they are often damaged and broken. If you use them not accurately and store incorrectly, they are covered with scratches and that is why the drive ceases to perceive them.

To diagnose this problem, you just need to insert another disk into the device - if it starts working, it means - the reason is still in a specific medium.

Important! What if the computer does not see the disk damaged? You can try polishing it with a soft cloth and a special paste.

Contact missing

It also happens that the drive simply refuses to work when you press the desired button, but it happens because of the lack of contact between it and the power supply.

In this situation, you can solve the problem as follows:

1. Start the computer.
2. Remove the cover from the system unit and check carefully to see if the cables leading to the device have been disconnected.
3. Please note that there should be two of them: one - it feeds the drive, and the second - the information one, and it is connected to the motherboard.
4. To resume contact, disconnect both wires and connect back.

The

read head is dirty. But the most common reason for this failure is the accumulation of dust on the drive head, which is responsible for reading the information. You can clean it in two ways:

• First method. Remove the side cover from the system unit, unscrew the drive and pull it out, carefully disassemble, wipe the head with a soft cloth or cotton wool.
• The second way. Buy a special disk in the store with brushes already glued to it. Insert it and wait a little to clean the head, and then pull it back. The computer sees this device and starts to untwist it, and the brushes gently remove the dust.

laser out of order Inside any drive there is a laser that is responsible for reading data from the surface of the inserted disk:

• If the device works, and you hear it clearly, but the computer does not see it, then clearly the problem with the laser.
• Also a clear indication of such a breakdown is selective reading of information.

Important! If the drive works with the media, but the disk formats are not detected, then this indicates the internal problems - it is better to contact the specialists with such problems.

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Why did the computer stop seeing the drive?

Not only the disk can cause incorrect reading of information or lack of contact. The problem may be hidden in the drive itself. Therefore, it is very important at this stage to find out what to do if the computer does not see the drive. The reasons can also be many and it is reasonable to get acquainted with each of them in detail.

Problems with

drivers

Often the problems are not related to physical damage, but to the incorrect operation of the system itself. Due to the harmful effects of software crashes and virus attacks, the device may become damaged and begin to function incorrectly. In this situation, you need to do the following:

1. Use the service button to call up the Start menu.
2. Use the mouse to select the "Computer" item and click on it.
3. In the appeared menu select the line "Properties".
4. In the left part of the window of the bookmark menu select the section "Device Manager".
5. Open the partition associated with the drive.
6. Click on the object with the mouse and click on the "Properties" section.
7. Select the "Driver" tab.
8. Click the "Delete" button.
9. Download from the Internet a new driver designed for your model and install them.

Problem in the installed programs

Think carefully which programs you downloaded and installed on your computer recently. Perhaps your children were installing some new games. Managers of virtual media are considered quite a common problem.

Important! Often games set for their own needs virtual disks, and those, in turn, can conflict with each other.

To check if this is the problem, you need to uninstall the newly installed programs and see if the disk drive will resume.

Problems are hidden in hardware

If you do not already know what to do if the computer does not see the drive, then:

• Try replacing the cable with a new one that exactly works correctly and replace it with another power plug.
• As with the reading head inside, the drive itself can also become clogged, so it will not be superfluous to completely disassemble it and clean it.
• If you can not do this, you can blow the drive with a compressed air cylinder through the open tray.
• You can try to update the firmware.
• And best of all - buy a new one and replace the broken drive.

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Is it possible to read a corrupted disk?

If everything is fine with the drive, but the disk is badly scratched, and the information stored on it is extremely important to you, then you can use some secrets of how to re-breathe life into it. There are several special programs that help restore such seemingly completely corrupted media. They act quite simply: many times in a row they try to read bad sectors using different parameters. Those places that you still can not read, they miss and keep at least what you can.

In this article, we analyzed all the possible reasons that a computer does not see the disk, and offered solutions to this problem. We hope that one of the ways helped you.