DVD/CD-RW Drive not reading CD-RW's

mantraslider · 11-26-2005, 03:18 AM

Hi,

My DVD/CD-RW Drive has suddenly stopped recognising blank rewritable discs. CD-R discs are working with no problems at all. Can anyone offer me some advice to what the problem could be?

Thanks for any help.

~~whodat~~ · 11-26-2005, 06:35 AM

try uninstalling then reinstalling your burner software

check for a firmware update on the burners manufacturers homepage .. look under support

post back

mantraslider · 11-26-2005, 08:56 AM

i have updated the firmware for the burner and no change.

~~whodat~~ · 11-26-2005, 01:20 PM

what burning program are you using?

mantraslider · 11-27-2005, 03:47 AM

i'm not sure it's even a case of burning software as the drive just doesn't sound right when i insert one of the cd-rw's. Perhaps i could have changed a setting that now means my drive just doesn't respond to these discs, or perhaps the drive is just broken?

**please** · 11-27-2005, 09:38 AM

@ mantraslider
Could be your drive is going bad but there are a few things we can try before giving up.
Can you post a Nero Infotool output. Run the tool, then click the diskette icon in the infotool toolbar and save as a .txt file, making sure all 8 boxes are checked. Attach to post using the 'manage attachments' button in the 'go advanced' reply window.

dran1979 · 05-26-2008, 07:00 AM

I guess the reading speed of THE CD-ROM and the speed of CD_RW was the reason why .. i Have a CD-RW for all speed and my drive can read or detect it but my CD-RW 10 x failed to be recognize by my CD_ROM..

11-26-2005, 03:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
mantraslider Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 6 OS: XP	DVD/CD-RW Drive not reading CD-RW's Hi, My DVD/CD-RW Drive has suddenly stopped recognising blank rewritable discs. CD-R discs are working with no problems at all. Can anyone offer me some advice to what the problem could be? Thanks for any help.

11-27-2005, 09:38 AM	#6 (permalink)
please TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,186 OS: WinXP SP2	@ mantraslider Could be your drive is going bad but there are a few things we can try before giving up. Can you post a Nero Infotool output. Run the tool, then click the diskette icon in the infotool toolbar and save as a .txt file, making sure all 8 boxes are checked. Attach to post using the 'manage attachments' button in the 'go advanced' reply window. __________________ P4P800E-D:~:P4 3.0C@3.75GHz:~:Zal7000AlCu:~:OCZ4001024ELDCPER2-K@250MHz 2.5-3-3-7 WinXP SP2>2X160GB Samsung SATA ICH5R RAID1:~:2x80GB Samsung SATA Promise RAID0 ATI A-I-W X800XT~SB Audigy2 ZS~2X BenQ1620~Antec SLK3700AMB~Antec SmartPower2.0 500W

05-26-2008, 07:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
dran1979 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Re: DVD/CD-RW Drive not reading CD-RW's I guess the reading speed of THE CD-ROM and the speed of CD_RW was the reason why .. i Have a CD-RW for all speed and my drive can read or detect it but my CD-RW 10 x failed to be recognize by my CD_ROM..

11-26-2005, 06:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	try uninstalling then reinstalling your burner software check for a firmware update on the burners manufacturers homepage .. look under support post back

11-26-2005, 08:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
mantraslider Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 6 OS: XP	i have updated the firmware for the burner and no change.

11-26-2005, 01:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	what burning program are you using?

11-27-2005, 03:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
mantraslider Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 6 OS: XP	i'm not sure it's even a case of burning software as the drive just doesn't sound right when i insert one of the cd-rw's. Perhaps i could have changed a setting that now means my drive just doesn't respond to these discs, or perhaps the drive is just broken?