[Kirkwood]

Laptop or desktop?

[killermosquito]

Desktop. I bought it from Dell in January.

[jblann1]

try to remove as much of the debris as possible, and see if the drive functions after that. If its a bust, a dvd/cd drive is fairly inexpensive and quite easy to replace. You can do it in five minutes; a retailer can do it in about five weeks : )