HP Pavilion dv5 Window's Media Player suddenly stopped playing CDs

When I first got my computer the Windows Media Player played cds just fine, but all of a sudden today it wouldn't play a couple of my cds. And after my only actual cd player broke my laptop has been my only cd player, so this is very aggravating. How do I get my Window's Media Player to play my CDs?

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