CD's not playing in iTunes (or Windows Media Player)

Hey everyone. I recently put together a new PC, and installed the latest iTunes. I managed to transfer all of my music across from my laptop using iTunes' DVD backup method. So everything plays fine so far. But when I put new CD's into my drive to copy to iTunes, things start getting weird.
It will show up in iTunes as the correct CD, with track names, artist etc. But if you try to play the first track it will play the first half of it, then just skip to the next, then the next, then the next without playing any of them. The same thing happens once it has been imported, and more interestingly, the same thing happens in Windows Media Player (which makes me think it's not an iTunes issue. In iTunes it will claim that each of the tracks have been played (when they haven't) and also each track length is given by a ridiculous number like 789:57:13.
All of these CD's are brand new, and play perfectly in my Hi-Fi system. Any help would be appreciated, as I have no idea what the **** is going on.

You might have more luck asking on a general Windows troubleshooting site, but my guess would be an invalid or old audio or CD driver (or firmware in the drive). You might try checking those to make sure you have the correct and most current drivers.

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