cd-rw doesn't read

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Tom

After I installed sp2 my cd-rw will not read anything.
Can anyone help me with this?
 
In Windows Explorer right click your CD-RW drive. Choose the Properties
menu item. Make sure your drive is enabled to record. Check the other
information there to make sure your drive is recognized properly.
 
You can try this: in the device manager, delete the drive
and scan for hardware to redetect it. If it works, you
will probably have to repeat every time you reboot. I saw
it happening with two DVD-ROMs we had in our home
computers - when I replaced mine with a DVD/RW drive it
stopped that nonsense.

Mike
 
-----Original Message-----
In Windows Explorer right click your CD-RW drive. Choose the Properties
menu item. Make sure your drive is enabled to record. Check the other
information there to make sure your drive is recognized properly.



Neither of these suggestions helped me with this. The CD-
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Rw still doesn't read anything I put into it.
It is recognised by the device man and I have tried to
put in new drivers.
 
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