can you open the cd rom tray using the button on the drive,on your case? does the light flash? and what software does your webcam use? perhaps the directory pointing to save images is incorrect/non existent so the software doesn't really do anything. do you get some error messages when you try to save? anything else we should know?

if your using windows xp see if you can open the dvd drive by right clicking on the cd/dvd drive and clicking eject. (computer on vista and windows 7)

(my computer on win xp)

thanks @all am using win7 but the dvd icon did not apear in my computer even if i insert disc into d cd rom and for that webcam am using ecap and it dnt gv me any error responce when am about view my taking picture all i can see there is that it will just take me to the picture folder and it will be telling me that the folder is empty and when click on start capture it will tell me that c

cannot create audio capture filter

what can i do pls?

pls help me i need it urgently

update driver

for the audio capture,it is possible that some system components aren't properly registered,you could try another capture software and see does it give problems or reinstall the current one. for the cd/dvd drive,it is possible that it has just been disabled in the o/s,check the task manager. try to boot from the cd/dvd drive with your windows disc to see does it work and check in your bios setting

is the system setup to boot from cd/dvd,in boot order section and other settings that may disable the cd/dvd. when you say insert disc into cd rom i assume you can normally open/close the tray. that is good,it is possible that its just some small configuration problem