SW-240b not recognizing cd

titimina · 04-14-2007, 09:47 PM

Hi Everyone,
I have a dell that came with a samsung cd/cw-r 240b, which for some reason stop working about six months ago. It says it is unable to copy or that the cd is full when it is a new cd. Can someone please help. I need to burn my music. Thanks

Barnsey · 04-16-2007, 04:34 AM

sounds like your cd-rw is knackerd it doesnt cost mutch to buy another one though and its easy to install

MaverickUK · 04-18-2007, 03:27 AM

You could try putting a drive cleaner CD in the drive to see if this helps as it may be dirty and therefore not reading the discs properly. You can buy a CD that has very thin brushes on them that will clean the drive, it only costs about £2.00 or $4.50 or so.

04-14-2007, 09:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
titimina Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1 OS: xp	SW-240b not recognizing cd Hi Everyone, I have a dell that came with a samsung cd/cw-r 240b, which for some reason stop working about six months ago. It says it is unable to copy or that the cd is full when it is a new cd. Can someone please help. I need to burn my music. Thanks

04-16-2007, 04:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
Barnsey Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liverpool Posts: 39 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2	Re: SW-240b not recognizing cd sounds like your cd-rw is knackerd it doesnt cost mutch to buy another one though and its easy to install

04-18-2007, 03:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
MaverickUK Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cheshire, England. Posts: 884 OS: XP Home My System	Re: SW-240b not recognizing cd You could try putting a drive cleaner CD in the drive to see if this helps as it may be dirty and therefore not reading the discs properly. You can buy a CD that has very thin brushes on them that will clean the drive, it only costs about £2.00 or $4.50 or so. __________________ Currently studying: CompTIA A+ CompTIA N+ Cisco Certified Network Associate