cd drive doesn't fully work..what am i doing wrong?

[Guest]

Hi,

My cd drive reads music cd's correctly, fine so far, but, when I insert an empty cd that I want to copy things to, I can hear the drive work, but after a while it stops and nothing happens. The cd icon never appears in "My computer". Does anyone know what's wrong? Thanks for any help and sorry for incorrect English

Cecilia

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

My cd drive reads music cd's correctly, fine so far,

but, when I insert an empty cd that I want to copy things
to, I can hear the drive work, but after a while it stops
and nothing happens. The cd icon never appears in "My
computer". Does anyone know what's wrong? Thanks for any
help and sorry for incorrect English!

Cecilia
.

Cecilla, make sure the cd does' read and write. There is
a difference in the type of CDs'. I was informed of this
whilst purchasing new cds. You container should be CD-RW,
not CD-R, then the cd driver and software can do it's job.
Chuck

 

[Kelly]

Hi Cecilia,

Save the file below to your hard drive. Navigate to where you saved it and
double click the file. A confirmation dialog will appear when the script is
done. You may need to reboot for the change to take effect.

Restore CD/DVD in Explorer
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs

How to Troubleshoot Issues with Reading CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD Discs
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321641