Mac mini not reading CD's

Mac mini has stopped reading cd's, I get this message "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer."  but it will still play dvd's.  OSX10.9
Any ideas please

First try cleaning CDs, as per > How to Clean a DVD or CD Disc ?
Then if the Superdrive will still not read CDs, it may have a dirty laser len and I would try either a > Maxell DVD-LC DVD Lens Cleaner or a > Memorex CD and DVD Lens Cleaning Kit on it.

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