Won't recognize inserted cd windows xp

Many answers for this already - none work. I got a new machine (Dell) with a GSA-H31N CD/DVD drive. iTunes refuses to see an inserted CD, unless you insert the CD, then open iTunes. Still have to tell it to import even though the setting is "import CD" when you insert a CD. Need a solution as I'm not going to kill iTunes between each CD when I'm importing 10 CDs at a time.
Please help.
P.S. Already tried updating drivers, etc.

There must be a dozen variations in XP CDs and even some XP SP3s that install and overlay the entire hard drive -- all without asking!
The OPTION (Alt) key works better than "C" on startup but that is another matter.
If you have to buy, I'd skip on XP and go to 7.

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Hi PWolves04, the fix bobapcoed described probably won't help you because your computer still "sees" your CD drive--it just doesn't read the disks you insert. The fix makes your computer see your drive again when it has completely disappeared from "My Computer". Speaking from personal experience (I've had to replace three CD/DVD-Rom drives over the years) one of the first signs that they're dying is the inability to recognize and read disks.
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Sorry about this, but... ME TOO! (I'lll start my own thread if nothing comes of this one.) Our circumstances are probably different. Let's see:
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I am posting this in the hope it will help other people who have this problem. I spent 7 months trying to find out why iTunes wouldn't recognize my iPad. The only way it was recognized, is if I uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled it.Once I turned off my computer, the next day when I turned it back on, it wouldn't recognize the iPad.
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