Anyone........ My CD-RW will play MP3s, install software from a CD, play
commercial audio CDs; however, when I put a blank CD-R into the drive, I
can't "drag and drop" files onto it. With the blank CD-R installed in the
drive, Windows Explorer says the drive is "not accessible." My system is a
Dell with Windows XP SP-2.

First, is this normal? If not, what can I do to get it right. I believe it
used to work fine with drag&drop. Please comment, thanks.

EW

using windows explorer check the properties of the drive and ensure the
enable cd burning is enabled, under the recording tab.

"EW" wrote:

> Anyone........ My CD-RW will play MP3s, install software from a CD, play
> commercial audio CDs; however, when I put a blank CD-R into the drive, I
> can't "drag and drop" files onto it. With the blank CD-R installed in the
> drive, Windows Explorer says the drive is "not accessible." My system is a
> Dell with Windows XP SP-2.
>
> First, is this normal? If not, what can I do to get it right. I believe it
> used to work fine with drag&drop. Please comment, thanks.
>
> EW
>
>
>

This answer wasn't much help to anyone. Of course it's enabled, and it has
been working for a long time under SP2. I have the same issue with an LG DVD
Rewriter I've been using for over a year with no problems. Insalled SP3 and
wham! Now the thing won't work! Thanks Microsoft!

Ed in Ohio



"sgopus" wrote:

> using windows explorer check the properties of the drive and ensure the
> enable cd burning is enabled, under the recording tab.
>
> "EW" wrote:
>
> > Anyone........ My CD-RW will play MP3s, install software from a CD, play
> > commercial audio CDs; however, when I put a blank CD-R into the drive, I
> > can't "drag and drop" files onto it. With the blank CD-R installed in the
> > drive, Windows Explorer says the drive is "not accessible." My system is a
> > Dell with Windows XP SP-2.
> >
> > First, is this normal? If not, what can I do to get it right. I believe it
> > used to work fine with drag&drop. Please comment, thanks.
> >
> > EW
> >
> >
> >

EW wrote:
> Anyone........ My CD-RW will play MP3s, install software from a CD, play
> commercial audio CDs; however, when I put a blank CD-R into the drive, I
> can't "drag and drop" files onto it. With the blank CD-R installed in the
> drive, Windows Explorer says the drive is "not accessible." My system is a
> Dell with Windows XP SP-2.
>
> First, is this normal? If not, what can I do to get it right. I believe it
> used to work fine with drag&drop. Please comment, thanks.
>
> EW

Do you have the software package for the burner? I suspect that if you
can reinstall the software, it'll drag and drop again.

Also:

CD repair for XP:
http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip

Also try the following. You should back up the registry before making
changes:

Click Start, Run, type Regedit, click OK.
Locate this Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the
data values.
Exit Registry and Reboot

--
Joe =o)

Thanks, Joe. Will try the software re-installation first.

=Ed=



"Elmo" wrote:

> EW wrote:
> > Anyone........ My CD-RW will play MP3s, install software from a CD, play
> > commercial audio CDs; however, when I put a blank CD-R into the drive, I
> > can't "drag and drop" files onto it. With the blank CD-R installed in the
> > drive, Windows Explorer says the drive is "not accessible." My system is a
> > Dell with Windows XP SP-2.
> >
> > First, is this normal? If not, what can I do to get it right. I believe it
> > used to work fine with drag&drop. Please comment, thanks.
> >
> > EW
>
> Do you have the software package for the burner? I suspect that if you
> can reinstall the software, it'll drag and drop again.
>
> Also:
>
> CD repair for XP:
> http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip
>
> Also try the following. You should back up the registry before making
> changes:
>
> Click Start, Run, type Regedit, click OK.
> Locate this Registry Key:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
> Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
> Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
> Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the
> data values.
> Exit Registry and Reboot
>
> --
> Joe =o)
>