Windows 10: Audio CDs not being recognised in Windows 10

I'm struggling with getting audio CDs to be recognised in Windows 10 . CD-ROM data discs are working perfectly - but if I put an audio CD in any DVD drive:1 Windows treats it like a blank CD-ROM2 No .CDA files are shown3 Windows Media Player does not recognise that there is an audio CD in the optical drive.4 Disk Management shows the CD format as 'RAW' instead of Audio CD. Disk Management recognises that there is a disc in the optical drive but seems unable to do anything with it.I've tried reading audio CDs using 3 different optical drives: two internal SATA and one external USB. The sam

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Playing audio CD's on Windows 10

Neither of my two systems will now play audio CD's. They did prior to Windows 10, and they did after the upgrade. But now they do not - they just show the CD as a 'CDFS' device, with .cda files for each track.

Something has gone wrong and is now preventing Windows 10 from recognising audio CD's.

Please fix it ...

(and I have tried the suggestions - no improvement)

 

DVD/CD Drive not recognising media on new Dell laptop (Windows 10)


Dell Inspiron 5000 series, brand new

Originally the DVD drive would not show at all in File Explorer, despite Device Manager recognising, drivers up to date, etc. Dell diagnostics reported various feedback ranging from perfectly ok (SupportAssist, on-line smart diagnostic quick test) to failing some tests (on-line optical drive tests) and requiring attention (sadly, the attention it suggested I use was a 'fix' tool on the Microsoft website that would not run on Windows 10 operating platform so I have not been able to persue further)

Things improved a little after downloading and installing all of the urgent and recommended Dell updates, plus installing all of the Windows updates. Now the laptop shows the drive in File Explorer, and occasionally media is recognised and even played. For example, inserting an audio CD into the drive immediately after booting up will run autoplay and the tracks are displayed as expected in File Explorer.

However, subsequent CDs (or any other media) are not recognised. The drive 'acts' like it should (led goes on, whirring sound made, etc) but nothing happens. File Explorer displays whatever the previous media contents were.

So for example, if I insert an audio CD with 10 tracks immediately after booting, the CD will autoplay and the 10 tracks will display in File Explorer. Everything seems fine. If I then eject this CD, and put in an audio CD with 5 tracks, File Explorer will continue to display the 10 tracks from the first CD. The new CD wont autoplay. Its basically not recognised.

This is quite frustrating because it means I have to reboot every time I want to change media. Its also a brand new £700 laptop, so disappointing that it doesn't work straight out of the box.

Any suggestions would be most welcome.

 

Audio CD Burning Error

Hi Ruby,

Incompatible drivers and software can cause the error message that you're getting when burning audio CD. Since you have tried to update the driver to its latest version, we suggest that you
try reinstalling the driver. Here's how:

• Open Device Manager.
• Right-click (or tap and hold) the name of the device.
• Select Uninstall.
• Restart your PC and Windows will attempt to reinstall the driver.
• Try burning the audio CD once more and check if the error will appear again.

Should the issue remains the same, you can
perform clean boot. Follow the steps under Windows 10 from the link provided to eliminate software conflicts.

Let us know how it goes, we'll be glad to help you further.