My MacBook Pro won't load my CD with pictures. Help me :(

I bought my laptop a couple months ago so I know it's not because my computer is old, but my picture CD won't load or open or anything. It makes a noise like it's going to start up, but still I get nothing. It works on my parents' desktop computer, but not mine please help me!

Hi JustinAlexa,
You don't say if other CDs or DVDs work. Please check out this article which goes through troubleshooting optical disc reading.
Archived - Troubleshooting a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Disc That Does Not Appear on the Desktop
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2288
If it's just the one CD, it's likely an issue with that CD. See if another copy can be made and try that.
Best Regards,
Nubz

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Doing this, the drive will work normally again until my next reboot. I have tried Disk Utility's verify disk and it has found no problems.
Any suggestions?

I've recently been having the same problems, maybe within the last week or so... My Macbook pro will chime, get to the blue screen and sit there... until I either unplug or plug in a usb cable. My external drive is a Hitachi Deskstar 500GB. I've repaired permissions and such... I have noticed that I can boot into Safe Mode with ease.. so, there is something happening here, I just don't know what.
Any ideas would be wonderful, thanks in advance.
update
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