Re: DVD Drive issue

This is no dirty head issue. I see a lot of these complaints now being
posted, and now I am experiencing the same issue - all of a sudden neither my
CD-R nor my Emprex DVD-RW drives can write to disk. The wizard always says,
"insert a disk into the CD" when there already is a disk in the CD. The
problem seems to have arisen after I installed SP2 for XP Home. We need a
patch quickly for this from MS, becuase something is not right here.

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

>
> Sounds like the laser is very dirty or has died. First try a standard CD
> cleaning kit.... if no improvement, time to replace.
> --
> Cari
> (MS-MVP Printing & Imaging)
>
> "KRM" <KRM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:F0A00AF8-2BAF-4DC3-9851-5DE032366CC4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > My DVD drive has stopped working. I thought the problem was with my DVD
> > burning software (Sonic's MyDVD), which wasn't recognizing my Pioneer
> > DVD-RW
> > DVR-104 drive. However, when I put any disk in (software, CD, DVD), it
> > hums
> > for awhile and then stops. Nothing plays.
> >
> > In Explorer, it shows up as DVD-RW drive, but even with a good disk in it,
> > when you click it, you get prompted to insert a disk. With a blank disk,
> > I
> > get "D:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function".
> >
> > In Device Manager, it shows up as PIONEER DVD-RW DVR 104. It does not
> > indicate any issues. I have uninstalled completely, reloaded the latest
> > drivers fresh, and the problem still occurs.
> >
> > Additionally, although I have checked the drive types in the registry
> > (type
> > =2), neither of my burnable drives (this DVD one, and a CD-RW) have the
> > recording tab available in properties.
> >
> > Any ideas? This has been driving me nuts for weeks.
> >
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