CD drive not recognized as writer

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At both home (not the same PC as my other recent post) and work, I have CD-RW
drives that originally worked properly. Now both of them work fine for
reading CDs, but when I try to burn them I get an error message to the effect
that the software can't find a CD writer (even though upon inserting blank
media I get the popup acknowledging that and asking me what I want Windows to
do).

I've tried auto-updating the drivers via Control Panel-->Hardware, but it
says I already have the most recent ones.
I've tried different brands of media, and they all work on other PCs.
I've also tried a few different software options (XP's Explorer, Real, WMP).
XP Home at home, and Pro at work, if that matters.
 
In Alan <[email protected]> had this to say:

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At both home (not the same PC as my other recent post) and work, I
have CD-RW drives that originally worked properly. Now both of them
work fine for reading CDs, but when I try to burn them I get an error
message to the effect that the software can't find a CD writer (even
though upon inserting blank media I get the popup acknowledging that
and asking me what I want Windows to do).

I've tried auto-updating the drivers via Control Panel-->Hardware,
but it says I already have the most recent ones.
I've tried different brands of media, and they all work on other PCs.
I've also tried a few different software options (XP's Explorer,
Real, WMP). XP Home at home, and Pro at work, if that matters.
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Missing CD/DVD Drives:
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GALEN, your "cd" plays but your "cdrw cannot "burn" just a thought, are you
"formatting" the new cdrw, discs?
 
Perhaps this is what you need to do -
Go into 'My Computer', right click on your CD drive (usually D) then click
on 'properties'. Click the 'recording' tab then tick 'Enable recording on
this drive'.

Hope this helps,
Brian.




Alan said:
At both home (not the same PC as my other recent post) and work, I have
CD-RW
drives that originally worked properly. Now both of them work fine for
reading CDs, but when I try to burn them I get an error message to the
effect
that the software can't find a CD writer (even though upon inserting blank
media I get the popup acknowledging that and asking me what I want Windows
to
do).

I've tried auto-updating the drivers via Control Panel-->Hardware, but it
says I already have the most recent ones.
I've tried different brands of media, and they all work on other PCs.
I've also tried a few different software options (XP's Explorer, Real,
WMP).
XP Home at home, and Pro at work, if that matters.


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What the others have says should work, but if not try this also.
Goto > Control Panel > System. Now click on the Hardware tab @ top.
Click Device Manager. Now you can see all your devices installed.
Double-Click on where it says DVD/CD-ROM Drives.
Now it should show that drive there. It'll show up as whatever the model is.
For example "LITE-ON CD-RW (model#)"
Click the CDRW drive. Right-Click on it and should get a menu, click
"Uninstall"
This will remove any drivers that windows has set in place for this device.
Now not to worry. All CD/DVD/CDRW/DVDRW have a universal plug & play device
driver. Which will automatically reinstall itself once your reboot.
Go ahead and close out the Device Manager and reboot your machine.
When you get back to windows it'll recognize the CDRW drive as if you've
installed it for the first time. It'll auto-install the drivers for it. After
the balloon down at your taskbar says the device has finished installing and
is now ready. Now go ahead and use your software and burn a cd and should
work fine. And you're using a 3rd party program like NERO to burn your cds
with. You do NOT need to have that XP CD-Writing capability enabled. By
default it should be on anyways. Which is fine. But if it is disables.
Programs like NERO can still write to a blank cd. The WinXP CD-Writing
capability is only for when you are doing "Drag-&-Drop" or "Write these files
to CD" from your hard drive to your CDRW through windows explorer, that it
will need to be enabled at all times to work properly.
 
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