CD-RW drive won't open

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Barbara Lefsky

I can't open the CD-RW drive - the light on the drive
keeps flashing. Problem is recent. Also can't eject by
right-clicking on the drive in Explorer. There doesn't
appear to be a CD in the drive.
 
Use device manager to delete the drive. Uninstall your
burning software. Re-boot, PnP will reinstall the drive.

Reinstall your burning software.



| I can't open the CD-RW drive - the light on the drive
| keeps flashing. Problem is recent. Also can't eject by
| right-clicking on the drive in Explorer. There doesn't
| appear to be a CD in the drive.
 
Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't work. Light is
still flashing, when I reinstalled the burner software,
it said it couldn't find a device.

Any other ideas?
 
Use device manager to delete the drive.

Uninstall your
| >burning software.

Re-boot, PnP will reinstall the drive.
| >
| >Reinstall your burning software.

Did you do ALL these things in that order?

| Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't work. Light is
| still flashing, when I reinstalled the burner software,
| it said it couldn't find a device.
|
| Any other ideas?
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Use device manager to delete the drive. Uninstall your
| >burning software. Re-boot, PnP will reinstall the drive.
| >
| >Reinstall your burning software.
| >
| >
| >
| >| >| I can't open the CD-RW drive - the light on the drive
| >| keeps flashing. Problem is recent. Also can't eject
| by
| >| right-clicking on the drive in Explorer. There doesn't
| >| appear to be a CD in the drive.
| >
| >
| >.
| >
 
I'd first check to make sure there isn't a bad disc in
the drive causing it to lock up. Most drives have a
small hole that you can insert a straightened paperclip
into to cause the tray to be lose enough to pull out the
rest of the way.
If there is no disc in there causing this issue, I would
try doing a firmware update on it, perhaps the drives
firmware got corrupted.
If this does not work, hopefully the drive is under
warantee.
 
Yes, I did. When I rebooted, disk light was still
flashing, but PnP did reinstall the drive.
 
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