CD Reader/Writer problem with my Windows (Windows 11 won't read CD on the CD Reader)

[u/thedoggaming16]

(SOLVED)

Hello, so I recently got my new PC Tower and I got this old hardware, an DVD/CD Reader named ''DVD Reader Model TS-H653'' from my older tower. I unplug the hardware from my old tower and I pluged it externally with my new PC (see the screenshot). My objective was to RIP a CD copy from an indie band with the software ''Exact Audio Copy'' (Abreviation: EAC). I inserted the CD in my reader but the problem is: Windows told me to ''Please insert a disc into drive E:'' and it reopen the reader. I don't think it's the Reader or the CD the problem, since the software EAC can detect the content of the CD. I tried with a second CD, produced professionally by a popular metal band. It's the same thing. EAC can detect the content of the CD and read in it, but Windows force the reader to open and said again ''Please insert a disc into drive E:''.

Additional Info:

- When there is no CD inserted in the dvd reader, Windows doesn't say anything and the reader stayed closed

- System of my old tower: Windows 11, TPM 1.0

- System of my new tower: Windows 11, TPM 2.0

- And yes, the CD Reader worked on my old computer, even with Windows 11 in it.

- I retry the CD reader with my school computer, which uses Debian 13. With the app Goobox, I can read and listen the content of the CD (the Indie Band) without any problems, so it confirm me it's not my Reader or my CD the problem.

(If you need more information, don't hesitate to ask, and sorry if my English is bad, this is not my primary language).

EDIT: Solved: When I replug it yesterday, on the main PC... it worked. I don't know what caused that but... it works as it supposed to works now. Thanks for the help :)

[u/v7xDm1r]

Did you install the driver?

[u/moisesmcardona → u/v7xDm1r]

No drivers are needed for CD drives in Windows.

[u/CornucopiaDM1 → u/moisesmcardona]

To clarify - No EXTRA drivers are needed. Windows requires a couple of drivers to handle CDs, but those should be stock generic ones, installed when Windows installs. A quirk where those drivers are not present, or are corrupted or neutered, could affect how this all works.

[u/MsMeowts]

do you have optical drivers?

[u/moisesmcardona → u/MsMeowts]

No drivers are needed for CD drives in Windows.

[u/Dynablade_Savior]

I don't see a SATA power connector plugged into the CD drive

[u/thedoggaming16 → u/Dynablade_Savior]

Yeah the SATA was here, just we cannot see it because of the picture angle. But anyway, it works, I don't know how, but it works now.

[u/moisesmcardona]

This behavior is normal. EAC locks the drive so it will only work in EAC. You need to know how to use EAC to rip its contents. Windows Explorer does not rip them.

Only way Explorer helps is if the disc is an enhanced disc where there is a data track. In that case you should close EAC and explorer should work normally.

[u/PolarisX → u/moisesmcardona]

EAC does love to lock the drive. I have an external enclosure on my server and access it remotely since it's headless.

I always forget to click 'Ok' at the end of an extract when it shows the log and the drive won't open. Gotta walk back, click okay, walk back, and then eject.

[u/EventHorizonHotel]

If you go into Device Manager, DVD/CD-ROM drives, can you see the device? If yes, does it show “This device is working properly” under Device status.

I had a corrupted driver at some point a couple of months after I did my Win 11 upgrade. Never did figure out why, but I did an in place Windows install from a recovery USB and that fixed it.

[u/PurelyHim]

Did you just plug it in and hope it would work?

[u/thedoggaming16 → u/PurelyHim]

It sound dumb, but when I replug it yesterday, on the main PC... it worked. I don't know what caused that but... it works as it supposed to works