Re: CD/DVD drive.



"Geoff Ellis" wrote
Got a little problem that has me stumped.
Machine is a Toshiba laptop Satellite SP10-304 with XP home.

I was burning a folder of pictures to CD-ROMs using the supplied “Drag’n Drop CD+DVD” part way through the burn Drag’Drop asked for the second disc but never got started burning that disc.
My problem is now Window Explorer won’t open the drive, I am unable to access a CD in the drive, I click on the drive (E) in Windows Explorer but nothing happens.

A CD with Auto-run works ok as does a music CD.
Can anybody help?

Toshiba supply a Product Recovery CD-ROM with this machine, I don’t have a WindowsXP CD, the supplied CD wipes C:/ clean, which is a pain, and I don’t know, even, if a Windows re-install will fix the problem, any thoughts?

HOW TO: Troubleshoot Issues That Occur When You Write Data to a CD-R or CD-RW Optical Disc in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324129

CD-R Drive or CD-RW Drive Is Not Recognized As a Recordable Device
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316529

How to Troubleshoot Issues with Reading CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD Discs
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321641

Incorrect Contents Are Displayed in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314939/en-us

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