cd rom problems

I have a problem with my cd-dvd players drive E tells me no disc in drive and drive F won't record eather but coumputer says units are working properley.
i have fixed this before but something is wrong.WB Watts.
P.S. i use xp.

 

Try unhooking one of them an see what happens..they both should not go for a **** at the same time.

 

Remove one of the drives & check what Windows says about those drives. Do the same for the other. Check whether they are working properly during the experiments. Tell us the results.

 

thank you i will try this.

 

thank you both ansers are the same so i will do this and report back