Reboot loop with cd in drive

[draconous]

I was backing up some files till my sony DVD RW drive stopped reading
and writing all of a sudden. now when ever I put a disc in the drive
it reboots and won't stop rebooting until i remove the disc. any ideas
on how to fix this. I'm currently doing a virus scan and so far
nothings turning up.
I've tried regular software i tried data discs.. so far they all put
the computer in a reboot loop.

 

[John Husted]

If could be a bad drive, but try diconnecting the cables to the Drive and
reconnecting them. Maybe a different IDE cable. Maybe making that drive a
Slave drive just to try changing things up in the configeration.