CD/DVD, SD and USB ports aren't usable

Hello, I recently discovered multiple problems with my Satellite M305-4848 laptop running Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2. I hadn't used any of these recently so I am not sure when the problems started or what might have happened to cause them.
First when I put in an SD card which works fine on my other PC's the system responds that the card needs to be formatted. But if I try to format it the system says it cannot be formatted. I have tried multiple cards that work fine on other PC's.
Second when I try to use any of my USB ports the devices don't work. I tried my USB 3 1/2" flex drive and it also says it needs to format the disk which reads fine on a different PC's USB port. I tried my connecting my IPOD (which I have done many times in the past) and the PC says the IPOD data is corrupted and that I need to do a restore to my IPOD.
Lastly, my CD/DVD drive does not recognize the data on a prerecorded disc. For example, when I put in commercially created DVD video disc and double click on the D: drive on My Computer the system opens the drive and shows a popup saying "Please insert a disc into drive D:".
I have tried using the Control Panel Device Manager and doing an Update Driver Software on the obvious drivers but it hasn't helped. I also tried using the F2 Setup and Load Defaults and I ran a newly updated Norton Scan which found no problems.
I'm not sure what to try next. Any ideas? WiFi works and I have no problems with items on my hard drive.

I discovered the answer to my own problem and anyone else out there who needs it here it is: If you have itunes installed on your computer and cd/dvd device is not working do a system restore to a time prior to the dl of itunes. Check to make sure your cd/dvd works again. If it does, then all you need to do is make sure your ipod is NOT connected to your computer while you download itunes again. Should fix the problem.

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