Dvd drive suddenly stopped reading disks is there a usb dvd rom that can be used temporarily

my dvd stopped working I then bought the targus external usb dvd player and then it didnt work either does anyone know if there is a temporary fix

The drive very probably needs to be replaced. You have tried everything else possible, but one thing. Try to boot from the drive using your system recovery disks. If the drive can boot the hardware is not bad and it is a Windows problem. It is not a registry error or the drive would not show up in My Computer. If it is a Windows problem it is an odd one.

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To make things clear: there are no much options you can try. You can try to remove optical disc drive from device manager and restart the notebook. The drive will be recognized automatically and the drive will be ready for use.
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