CD writer wont write

[Guest Eric]

I'm not able to write to my CD drive but I can view and read from it. I'm

using WIN XP. I ran trouble shoot and it says everything is OK. What should

I do?

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: CD writer wont write

 

Eric wrote:

> I'm not able to write to my CD drive but I can view and read from it. I'm

> using WIN XP. I ran trouble shoot and it says everything is OK. What should

> I do?

 

What program are you using to write to it?

[Guest Eric]

Re: CD writer wont write

 

windows explorer - cut & paste

 

"Big_Al" wrote:

> Eric wrote:

> > I'm not able to write to my CD drive but I can view and read from it. I'm

> > using WIN XP. I ran trouble shoot and it says everything is OK. What should

> > I do?

>

> What program are you using to write to it?

>

[Guest JS]

Re: CD writer wont write

 

CD burners have two lasers, one to read and the other to burn/write data.

It's possible that the laser used to write data to a CD has gone bad.

 

JS

 

"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:EB8820F1-3599-41F6-8033-EA92EC085612@microsoft.com...

> I'm not able to write to my CD drive but I can view and read from it. I'm

> using WIN XP. I ran trouble shoot and it says everything is OK. What

> should

> I do?

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: CD writer wont write

 

Eric wrote:

> windows explorer - cut & paste

>

> "Big_Al" wrote:

>

>> Eric wrote:

>>> I'm not able to write to my CD drive but I can view and read from it. I'm

>>> using WIN XP. I ran trouble shoot and it says everything is OK. What should

>>> I do?

>> What program are you using to write to it?

>>

Get a 3rd party program like CDBurnerXP, Nero, Roxio, etc.

Trying to write with XP is like doing your own brain surgery.

CDBurnerXP is just one of many freeware programs. I like Nero.

Most drives and pre-installed OS's come with some CD Burning Software.

You might already have something like Sonic or Nero installed.

[Guest PD43]

Re: CD writer wont write

 

Eric <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>windows explorer - cut & paste

 

Cannot do that with XP's native burner.

 

You need to burn it like you'd burn a data disc.

[Guest Eric]

Re: CD writer wont write

 

Thanks BIG AL! It worked great.

 

I had Nero already installed and never used it. I was used to cutting &

pasting it and that's the only way I knew to do it. I'm not sure why I can't

do it that way but now I know differently.

 

"Big_Al" wrote:

> Eric wrote:

> > windows explorer - cut & paste

> >

> > "Big_Al" wrote:

> >

> >> Eric wrote:

> >>> I'm not able to write to my CD drive but I can view and read from it. I'm

> >>> using WIN XP. I ran trouble shoot and it says everything is OK. What should

> >>> I do?

> >> What program are you using to write to it?

> >>

> Get a 3rd party program like CDBurnerXP, Nero, Roxio, etc.

> Trying to write with XP is like doing your own brain surgery.

> CDBurnerXP is just one of many freeware programs. I like Nero.

> Most drives and pre-installed OS's come with some CD Burning Software.

> You might already have something like Sonic or Nero installed.

>

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: CD writer wont write

 

Eric wrote:

> Thanks BIG AL! It worked great.

>

> I had Nero already installed and never used it. I was used to cutting &

> pasting it and that's the only way I knew to do it. I'm not sure why I can't

> do it that way but now I know differently.

>

> "Big_Al" wrote:

>

>> Eric wrote:

>>> windows explorer - cut & paste

>>>

>>> "Big_Al" wrote:

>>>

>>>> Eric wrote:

>>>>> I'm not able to write to my CD drive but I can view and read from it. I'm

>>>>> using WIN XP. I ran trouble shoot and it says everything is OK. What should

>>>>> I do?

>>>> What program are you using to write to it?

>>>>

>> Get a 3rd party program like CDBurnerXP, Nero, Roxio, etc.

>> Trying to write with XP is like doing your own brain surgery.

>> CDBurnerXP is just one of many freeware programs. I like Nero.

>> Most drives and pre-installed OS's come with some CD Burning Software.

>> You might already have something like Sonic or Nero installed.

>>

 

Most conversation on these NG's suggests you are not the only person

having this issue. If you have Nero, your worst issue is the learning

curve. Have fun.

[Guest PD43]

Re: CD writer wont write

 

Eric <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Thanks BIG AL! It worked great.

>

>I had Nero already installed and never used it. I was used to cutting &

>pasting it and that's the only way I knew to do it. I'm not sure why I can't

>do it that way but now I know differently.

 

If you have Nero, then you have InCD... a subset of Nero that allows

you to cut and paste.

 

Check it out.

[Guest ManyBeers]

RE: CD writer wont write

 

 

 

"Eric" wrote:

> I'm not able to write to my CD drive but I can view and read from it. I'm

> using WIN XP. I ran trouble shoot and it says everything is OK. What should

> I do?

 

Right click the drive select properties,click the recording tab and be sure

"Enable cd recording for this drive is checked". I had the same thing happen

to me once and somehow that check box got unchecked. Windows cannot write to

cd if that box is unchecked but other software can.