I need help with this!

Recently I noticed my laptop to be booting very slow. Then I found out that my CD ROM is not working. Tried to boot my laptop without the CD ROM and it boots ok. Tried to put back the CD ROM back and it boots very slow. Don't know it happened, but I just found out yesterday about it.

Laptop Model: Acer Travelmate 520
OS: Windows XP SP1
CD ROM: Mat****a MODEL CR-177-B

Any help will be appreciated very much!

Even after a slow boot does the CD drive work or get detected?

If not try a new drive and avoid Mat****a.

If the drive does work after a slow boot then remove it from the boot order in the BIOS Settings.