Anyone PLEASE! I have an old AJP Laptop with a what seems knackered Disk drive. The lights are on but no one seems to be home, I can insert the disks only to recieve the following error message: The device is not ready. I have checked the configuration, the disk drive Teac CD 224E is not disabled in any way, the laptop may well be 8 years old however has been treated like a little baby so far. Could it be that the disk drive requires cleaning? And if so what do i do??What are the implications on changing the CD drive? Would I have to contact AJP or could I just buy a replacement on ie anothe Teac CD 224? Anyone please help? As I have 4 kids who are all at secondary school now with 2 at GCSE age(for the non British - main last year school exam) this laptop has been and I so hope will be a vital tool for my nippers.