At first, I thought my internal CD/DVD burner/reader was simply in need of replacement. I would insert a disk, it would spin (light would blink), then stop, then spin (light would blink), then stop… Without interference (opening drive/cutting power), it would continue this cycle without ever actually reading or writing anything.
After having my laptop worked on, viruses removed, this continued to happen. Fed-up, I bought a new external drive to replace it, and put this all behind me. The problem is, my new external drive is doing THE EXACT SAME THING! Now, my computer is wiped clean and I can’t even re-install my programs…I’m in worse shape than I was when this whole thing started. :<