Pavilion 23 AIO touchsmart CDROM drive not reading disks

The CDROM drive on my computer is not working. Well, it is not reading discs. I have tried several cd's, uninstalled the drive, and made sure it was not gunked up. I can hear the drive *trying* to read the disc, but opens and says to install a cd. Any other suggestions? Will I just have to replace the drive? The computer is fairly new (under 1 year old).

Hi, Please try Run now from the following link:
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us
or:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/en-us Regards.

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