CD/DVDRW Drive Problems

Ive been having some trouble with my my cd/dvdrw drive on my laptop for the past couple days. First off, none of the auto play works for anything anymore, even tho it is enabled. I inserted a cd today that I wanted to quickly send some pics to, so i went to the pics, right clicked, and the option to send them to the blank cd wasn't there. I went into my computer and clicked on the blank cd and it said that it is not recognized by windows and my need to be formatted, or something like that. I tried numerous different cds, different brands and all, so its not that the cd was an issue. I tried to burn some stuff to a cd using nero and it failed. Overall there's just something fishy going on with my cd drive, and im hoping that someone here can help me out. I'm running vista and all the drivers are updated? Please Help Me:confused

Also I wanted to add, i did install Ultra ISO on my computer and then was using it for awhile but then deleted it. I don't know if this could of somehow caused some of the issues or not. Just a thought tho. Let me know what you guys think.

 

It shouldn't ... or at least Ive never heard of it ... right click on my computer and select manage, then go to device manager and see if theres a group called CD/DVD Drives there

 

Like drizzel said the utlra ISO shouldnt effect it but if nothing else works try putting it back, sometimes there problems are like a voodoo art and it just doesnt really make sense.

and how old is your laptop and do you carry around alot (when its off OR on) Carying around a laptop while its on with a disk in the drive alot could cause problems, and of course if its older, it could just be dieing.

hope this helps cheers!