My Macbook Pro will not read disks.

Sounds like you need the drive replaced. You could try booting your install media, if it just spits that out as well you know for sure it's not a software issue.

I was just about to post the same thing, just that it's happening to my moms MacBook. My problem that here it takes them ages to do ANY kind of repair, so since we have no other computer I have no idea when I can take it in for a repair (it took them a MONTH to change the cracking wrist pad!).
So any ideas that I can try?

Patriks7 said:

I was just about to post the same thing, just that it's happening to my moms MacBook. My problem that here it takes them ages to do ANY kind of repair, so since we have no other computer I have no idea when I can take it in for a repair (it took them a MONTH to change the cracking wrist pad!).
So any ideas that I can try?

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Contact Apple Care, or just get an external optical drive.

Patriks7 said:

I was just about to post the same thing, just that it's happening to my moms MacBook. My problem that here it takes them ages to do ANY kind of repair, so since we have no other computer I have no idea when I can take it in for a repair (it took them a MONTH to change the cracking wrist pad!).
So any ideas that I can try?

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If they don't have the parts in stock ask to keep the computer in the meantime. That's what I always do.

snowmoon said:

If they don't have the parts in stock ask to keep the computer in the meantime. That's what I always do.

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...first time I've heard anyone on MR say that and wondered why that wasn't an obvious thing to do with all the complaining about how long repairs took...

snowmoon said:

If they don't have the parts in stock ask to keep the computer in the meantime. That's what I always do.

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Do exactly what he says, take it to the nearest apple store, they will try to read some discs and then burn some and read them, and when that fails they will tell you that the optical drive needs to be replaced, then they will probably check if they have any in stock, if they do, then it's like a day for them to do it, if not, then kindly ask that they order the part, while you take your computer with you since it's your only computer, and that they call you when it gets there.

that's what I did. But I then decided to leave mine there since I was also experiencing some random freezes and other stuff.

JadeTiger712 said:

Will getting the part cost me any money, or since my computer is still under warranty am I set with that?

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Assuming they don't determine that it was clearly user damage it won't cost you a thing under warranty.

I took mine for this precise problem, and a few other issues, and they told me 7-10 days. They haven't done anything to it yet due to some unforeseen circumstance.