CD Drive stopped working

Hi @glenbuckarts,

open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + t) and paste the following command then enter your password:

sudo lshw -class disk

and you should get a readout like the following, paste the result back here please:

wolfman@fred:~$ sudo lshw -class disk
[sudo] password for wolfman:
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVDRAM GH22NS50
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: TN01
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD10EZEX-00B
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 1A01
serial: WD-WCC3F4285971
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096 signature=b9eef450
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD-RAM GH40L
vendor: hp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr1
version: RB0E
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
wolfman@fred:~$

Have you done a full system update?: