Re: CD RW drive stopped working?

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Depending on how old the cdrw drive is you could try a drive lens
cleaner. My experience with cdrw drive problems
is usually the drive going flaky and rarely anything to do with the OS
or WinXP. If you are using Roxio Easy CD Creator
or Nero make sure you have the latest updates for your specific
Version. You could try to update the firmware by going
to the Manufacturers website and looking for a newer version. And,
replace or swap the Ribbon ( Data ) Cable and try
the cdrw drive as Master by itself.
<c.w.browne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1129245374.840291.174980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a bit trouble with my cd r/w drive. a while ago, i installed
> serive pack 2 and it stopped working. i decided this may be something
> to do with SP 2 and so rolled back and everything was fine. i then
> decided to leave putting SP back on for a while and carry on as i was.
> for a few months, everything was fine again.
>
> however, i tried to use my cd r/w this morning, and it is displying the
> same symptoms as it was before, namely that if i insert a blank cd and
> then click on the dive in explorer, i get an "incorrect funtion" error
> message, and trying a non windows programme to write something to a cd
> seems to reult in the app that i am using telling me that i am not
> using a cd writer.
>
> i tehn followed the instructions in the troubleshooter and decided that
> maybe uninstalling and reinstalling my hardware may do the trick.
> having uninstalled it, i restarted my machine. the xp plug and play
> thing did the job, but has reinstalled the RW drive as a CD ROM drive
> (it now appears listed as a CD ROM drive in explorer, etc).
>
> I am now loathe to go any further in case i cuase any more trouble. I'm
> fairly sure its something elementary that im having trouble with but
> cant figure it.
>
> Any help with this would be most appreciated.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Chris Browne
>


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