That does happen. As a test, boot any of the Live OSes from USB and copy files from the drive that way. It's a test I use since many won't replace a failing drive. If it is software this test will pass.
Bob
when insert dvd it just hangs then slowly responds and when autoply pops up i open to copy items or to view it at that time it gets reboot

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