DVD RW Drive (D:) does not recognize disc in drive

I insert a valid disc into the D Drive and ask to open, the drive pops open and a box pops up saying "Insert a disc" "Please insert a disc into drive D:.   Help me PLEASE.

Are you still under warranty? If so you can take it back to be fixed. If not there is a problem with the cd/dvd drive so maybe you might have to change the drive or check for the driver for the cd/dvd and see if there are available updates to it. If not uninstall and re-install it and see what happens. If nothing happens then you might have to change the drive.

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