Fixed it. I had installed Norton Ghost which in itself installed GEARSec.exe. This particular piece of software seemed to have taken control of the CD/DVD drives.
Having kicked GEAR out of my system it decided to go down guns blazing buggering up the drives on its way out.
Because of that, Norton Ghost has now been served an eviction notice. The drives are back in operation.
Thanks coders.
I must say though, I'm having a hard time trusting software recently. All they seem to be insterested in is installing third-party pap which mangles your system.
Having kicked GEAR out of my system it decided to go down guns blazing buggering up the drives on its way out.
Because of that, Norton Ghost has now been served an eviction notice. The drives are back in operation.
Thanks coders.
I must say though, I'm having a hard time trusting software recently. All they seem to be insterested in is installing third-party pap which mangles your system.