CaMe back from vacation,could'nt play Music cd.Device mananager says its working properly.Open my computer/ double click cd drive it comes up blank.Tried to burn files ,and it tells me to insert disk. Please help Drive is about 1 1/2 yrs old OS XP
could be a number of things. is it a cd burner? or cd burner/dvd drive or dvd burner? if it is also a dvd drive trying play a dvd and trying playing other cd's 1.what burning software do you use? do you get any error messages? 2. could be the hardware itself. drives are cheap these days around £15 or if your american thats roughly $30. seems they are poorly made these days. i had to replace both my dvd burners in my old pc.
cd/Dvd combo Burner & drive neither plays use windows mp. Don't mind buying one if that was trouble. but I find it strange that properties shows disk full. but dose"nt recognize disk in drive.
Wouldn't it be easier to use the Device Manager to uninstall the burner, restart the PC, and have Windows recognize the drive all over again, before attempting upper and lower filters?
frank47, as lodore suggested in the post, now we need more info from you before proceeding further: PC's Make & Model All Burning Software's Name(s) and Version(s) Media Player's Name and Version Did you remove or install any software prior to vacation? If Yes, software names and versions please. Any error messages at all, system wide, after vacation? Did you run any registry cleaners prior to vacation?
Dimension e310(dell) Ms mp,roxio, when i got back installed audacity when trouble showed I restored back a week. but same problem thanks for interest JR
frank47, prior to restoring back a week, did you uninstall Audacity first? If Yes, via the Add/Remove or the program's own uninstaller? If no, you can use Revo Uninstaller to totally remove Audacity. Here's your Dell™ Dimension™ 3100/E310 Service Manual and under Advanced Troubleshooting, it shows how to use the Dell Diagnostics feature of your PC, have you tried that yet? I don't have Roxio; perhaps someone else that knows about that program, can jump in.
Did you insert a blank CD-R? What happened next? Did Windows recognize the new hardware after uninstalling the drive via Device Manager? When you insert a music CD in the burner now, does it start playing automatically?
JR thanks loads .soninlaw gave me old cd drive tried it outside of tower worked fine. so I guess drive is no good. thank you all.
frank47, you're welcomed! At the very least, you have a link to your PC's Service Manual now. Take care.
