DVD/CD player on my computer not working

I have had a problem with my Win 10 laptop reading CDs. You insert the CD and nothing happens - no spin up sound. It may or may not show up in device manager. I get it working by playing with things but never know what I actually did to make it work. But I rarely use CD's now.

That didn't sound good!?!

Is this laptop or desktop?

It may be cheaper to simply buy an external DVD/CD drive. I haven't bought one recently, but did about 20 years ago as part of my mobile A/V kit. It wasn't that expensive then, less than US$40 if I remember correctly. I would think it is even cheaper now, as DVD/CD drive production costs dropped dramatically since then. Unfortunately, the quality has also dropped dramatically.

Roughly 25% of the DVD/CD drives I've bought in the past 15 years (including computer built-ins) failed in less than 10 years. The quickest failure still lasted 3 years. You'd think that's not bad. But consider, all of the ones I purchased prior to 2000 are still working (yeah, I have to keep some legacy hardware because of our recording studio and also because we have some coworkers who are still clunking around in 20+ year old computers).

Laptop or desktop?

Laptop drives can be replaced but it takes a little care. Some laptops are difficult to disassemble. Others are pretty easy. I've upgraded a CD drive to a DVD burner in a laptop before. The easiest machines are ones with optical drives that have visible trays and not just a slot for the discs.

Desktop drives are commodity items in most cases and are super easy to replace. A few really compact desktops (like the one I use at work) use laptop drives but are still pretty easy to upgrade.

You could take advantage of the opportunity to replace the drive with a Blu-Ray drive.