I have a Dell Inspiron 530s. Sometimes the disc drive doesn't see anything in there. I have James Bond Nightfire and some other games that I occasionally play and sometimes when I click on the icon to play the game, it says to insert the right CD. The thing is is that the disc is in there. I have tried ejecting it and putting it back in to no avail. I have restarted the computer and it does nothing. Sometimes I am able for the game to start right up and other times it does this. I have no idea what the common denominator is. I have also tried installing new games and it won't even see the disc, so it won't load or anything. The past few weeks I have been able to play the game fine and it starts right up. Now it is doing it again.
I came across this thread but, I am not sure it is the same exact problem. http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/disk-drives/f/3534/t/19279756.aspx