Hi All
I see having 2 drives fail can be quite common for whatever reasons
My problem seems to be a bit different. Recently my Iomega CD-r
and LG DVD burner began to access the discs I placed in them wit
les
ease. I tried using a lense cleaner but to no avail
Now both drives wont access any kind of disc. They don't seem t
spin up when I put a disc in or do so and then just stop
Both are on the same IDE cable so I tried swapping in a new cable
moving them to the other IDE cable and changing slave/master configs
The drives appear in the system devices part just fine and no erro
codes are reported
If anyone has any suggestions I'd be very greatfull. I realise th
only solution may be 2 new drives, grrr!

Thank

Have you tried the drives in a different PC?

You do know that your really only need a DVD burner, since a DVD burner
normally can do CD-Rs and CD-RWs.


"ukfrosty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> I see having 2 drives fail can be quite common for whatever reasons.
> My problem seems to be a bit different. Recently my Iomega CD-rw
> and LG DVD burner began to access the discs I placed in them with
> less
> ease. I tried using a lense cleaner but to no avail.
> Now both drives wont access any kind of disc. They don't seem to
> spin up when I put a disc in or do so and then just stop.
> Both are on the same IDE cable so I tried swapping in a new cable,
> moving them to the other IDE cable and changing slave/master configs.
> The drives appear in the system devices part just fine and no error
> codes are reported.
> If anyone has any suggestions I'd be very greatfull. I realise the
> only solution may be 2 new drives, grrr!
>
> Thanks
>