Quote Originally Posted by Big Booger
What is your specific error? And what have you done to try and resolve it?
the error was "an i/o error has occured and the drive can not be accessed" to the best of my recollection

I have since:

removed all cd/dvd related software- windvd, sonic, arcsoft, nero, mdvd, alchohol 120 and reinstalled them in trying to find one that would read a disc
eventually removing them again

played with the restore points to try to go back to when it worked

uninstalled and reinstalled SP2

removed drivers manually from the system folder / downloader drivers / removed more driver / dloaded more drivers

removed hardware, installed hardware, tried to reinstall the drive

hmmm, a few other things im sure, ive spent prob 25hrs on this