Re: my cd/dvd writer cannot read my blank dvd




"freeride_24_7" <freeride_24_7@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm having a the same problem. I have an LG GSA-4160B DVD writer with
the latest firmware, running WinXP SP2 and updated regularly. The
drive has worked flawlessly since I installed it almost two years ago.
Last thursday I burned a DVD, went to burn another and my drive
wouldn't recognize the blank disk had been inserted. It won't
recognize any type of blank media, DVD or CD, and I've tried different
brands thinking that might be the issue but it doesn't matter what
brand I tried. The drive will read anything that has already been
written, CDs or DVDs, with no problems. I've seen a couple of threads
on other forums where numerous people are having the same problem in
the last month or two but no definitive fix. For some reason the
drives just stop recognizing when blank media has been installed. I
spent hours last night trying all kinds of different things but still
can't get it to work. My initial thought was maybe a Windows update
broke something. Maybe it's a virus or worm or the like. I don't
know. My next step I think will be to install the drive in a different
PC and see if it works. Maybe it really is broken.


Indeed, maybe it has given up the ghost?
You don't mention what authoring/burning software you have,
but most have a tool that that can discern at least what still
works on a burner, an example being Nero which has the
"Nero info Tool", which will produce a report on a drive/burner.
Your software may also have such a tool, or download one from
www.download.com




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