Re: Computer forgot it has a CD Burner

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From: Harry Ohrn (harry---_at_webtree.ca)
Date: 04/04/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 22:51:27 -0600

Check here and look in the Problems section for a possible fix
http://www.aumha.org/a/xpcd.htm 

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:17f5a01c419ef$2f4d26c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi.  I've tried everything.  Hope someone can help...
>
> Here is the scoop:
>
> Last... thursday? (approx)  I bought an album from iTunes
> and burned a CD with it in iTunes.  This is the last time
> I burned a CD successfully.  After realizing my computer
> wasn't cooperating, I performed a System Restore to a
> point far before I burned my last CD.  No dice.  I had
> since realized that Sonic Recordnow wasn't working - if I
> click on the icon or any of its shortcuts it simply
> yields a rather small blank window with a red x and
> the "OK" button.  That's all that happens...  Now, after
> restoring to something like last January to no avail, I
> went into the system services.  the imapi was disabled
> and i enabled it, set it to auto-on.  (must note: I have
> no idea why it was disabled, but it is now working.)  i
> went into the properties of the drive and the "recording"
> tab is no longer there, only General, Hardware, Sharing
> and AutoPlay (and at this point, DLA)  I have tried
> disabling the sonic DLA, enabling it again, and doing the
> whole shebang... no luck.  decided to try something and
> successfully formatted and used rainier-style a cd-rw
> disc.  works on other drive and all.... so confusing.
> so, now, i have this:
>
> -drive that does not recognize blank discs at all, has no
> recording tab.
> -imapi working
> -no more sonic DLA
> -sonic record now that does not work.
> pretty much my computer thinks it has no cd burner.
> which is problematic.
>
> sorry i'm so bad at describing the problem but i really
> dont even understand it so...  if anyone has any
> suggestions... someone told me it sounds like an os
> problem and i should boot from disc and repair but i'm
> not sure how to get my computer to boot from disc.  so,
> if anyone could help...
>
> if anyone is really experienced with this sort of thing
> wants to hook up for some remote assistance, i would be
> eternally grateful.
>
> btw- this is cross-posted from a quite dead dell.com
> forum; my computer is a dimension 4600 w/ 2.8ghz, 612 mb
> ram, 120 gb hd, NEC DVD+RW ND 2100 8x dvd writing... if
> theres any more info needed let me know.. i'm desperate
> to know what is wrong or how this can be fixed.
>
>
> thanks again,
>
> tim
>
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