Laptop Problems

I’ve had my computer(Hp Pavilion dv6000 laptop) for about fourteen months now, and the warranty went up two months ago.
Before now, I’ve only had minor problems with it(keeps booting up itself and draining the battery during the night).
The last two days, my E:\ drive has been messing up. It loads CDs just fine, and it reads them and all, but it doesn’t register through the computer itself.
It’s like the CD drive is acting independently of the computer.
When I go to “My Computer”, I have the typical C:\ drive, the D:\ recovery drive, and then F:\, which is my ProDuo memory stick.
The CD drive doesn’t show up, no autoplay comes up, it doesn’t think when I put a cd in, but the drive lights up like it’s supposed to.
I’ve tried explaining this as best I can, so I apologize if it’s confusing.
Thanks for your time!
-H2o