Blank CD-RW not recognized

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My Toshiba laptop running XP-home doesn't recognize a blank CD-RW when
inserted. It does recognize one if it contains some data.

John Williams
 
John said:
My Toshiba laptop running XP-home doesn't recognize a blank CD-RW when
inserted. It does recognize one if it contains some data.

John Williams
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Have you written before to CD-R or CD-RW?
 
John said:
My Toshiba laptop running XP-home doesn't recognize a blank CD-RW
when inserted. It does recognize one if it contains some data.
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Model of the drive in question?
Removed it from Device Manager and rebooted to have it re-added?
Is it setup to record?
When was the last time you recorded with it?
 
John said:
My Toshiba laptop running XP-home doesn't recognize a blank CD-RW when
inserted. It does recognize one if it contains some data.

John Williams
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My Computer, right click on the drive, select Properties. Click on the
Recording tab. Is there a check mark next to Enable CD recording on this
drive?
 
John Williams said:
My Toshiba laptop running XP-home doesn't recognize a blank CD-RW when
inserted. It does recognize one if it contains some data.

John Williams
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I am not certain what you expect to happen. A blank CD-RW contains no data
or format. So obviously it won't open.

Harry Ohrn
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
 
A cdr won't be recognized unless there is someting on it. Does your system
say something like "insert disk"?
 
Not so. A blank CD should appear in Windows Explorer. If I click on the
drive, it says, "please insert a disk into drive D" when a blank CD-RW has
already been inserted.
 
Yes, even though one has already been inserted.
AZ Tech in Training said:
A cdr won't be recognized unless there is someting on it. Does your system
say something like "insert disk"?
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I think I "Replied" instead of replying to group. Sorry. Yes, I can write
to CD-RW's which already contain data.
 
Correction.

I cannot write to a CD-RW containing data. I'm told the CD-RW is read-only.

I've written to lots of CD-R's but this is the first time I've tried to
write to CD-RW's.

John
 
Can you use your cd burning software to erase or format the disk? If so try
to format it and try again.
 
Hmm dont know what happened on the last post.

Format the disk if your software allows you to do that and try it again.
 
oops
yes mine is doing the same thing on work laptop xp and home desktpop vista
maybe the office update fubared it up. well if i copy and paste id leave
snip-it to show u but it says no disk. Ive tried 3 different cd-rw one s that
i wrote stuff on are recognized but i dont have one that is a cd-rw there
cd-r.
 
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