cdrw

[Guest]

hi there
my cdrw has suddenly stopped working when i put any cd in the disc
in light flashs for a few minutes but it does not load .i thought initally it
was a autoplay problem but i ran the microsoft autoplay fix program but it
found no problems.the cdrw is detected on boot up and shows no problem in
device manager yet still does not read any disks is this a software problem
or did it just die peacefully in the night.
hope someone can help

 

[S.Heenan]

hi there
my cdrw has suddenly stopped working when i put any cd in
the disc in light flashs for a few minutes but it does not load .i
thought initally it was a autoplay problem but i ran the microsoft
autoplay fix program but it found no problems.the cdrw is detected on
boot up and shows no problem in device manager yet still does not
read any disks is this a software problem or did it just die
peacefully in the night.
hope someone can help

"It's dead Jim."

You could unplug the PC from the 120VAC line, open the case and reseat the
IDE ribbon cables. Otherwise, it could very well be kaput.
Good news is a new one is ~$30US and a DVD burner $60-85US.

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Try three things before spending money on a new drive:

1. All suggestions here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321641

2. Backup your files, boot off your Windows XP CD, format the drive, and
reinstall Windows.

3. Try the drive in another computer.

If those three don't work, the drive is probably dead. I would suggest
trying this DVD Burner (best one out there for the money in my opinion):
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-152-029&depa=1

 

[Guest]

"It's dead Jim."

You could unplug the PC from the 120VAC line, open the case and reseat the
IDE ribbon cables. Otherwise, it could very well be kaput.
Good news is a new one is ~$30US and a DVD burner $60-85US.


you are right scotty it is dead !

but i wished i lived in the u.s.in ireland the cheapest cdrw costs around
60$ and a dvd around 180+
thanks for the help

 

[Guest]

The CDRW/DVDRW is not necessarily dead. There are other issues which can
cause this. For example, my two new DVDRW work just fine as long as I unload
Easy Media Creator 8 (it actually started in v7.5). One experiment you can do
is to wait about 10 minutes and see if Autoplay detects the media.
Unofrtunately I am looking for the solution to this part of the problem. I
have tried the regedit lower/upper filter fix, diabling the default Wxp
recording feature and uninstalling all other cd/dvd writing software and
installing the EMC8 in diagnostic mode. That still does not fix the problem