CD Copy missing

[jimbo]

I posted this on another news group, but have gotten very little
response. maybe some help from this news group?

Thanks for any help, jimbo

I have somehow lost the capability to copy files to a CD. WinXP SP2

has always been able to select files or folders, and copy to a CD. Now
there is no option to copy to CD. If I select a file to copy and then
try to access a CD to paste, I get an error message window with the
mnessage: "D:\ is not accessible Incorrect Function".

There is nothing wrong witrh the drive because I have used CD

burning software to burn iso images to CDs.

Any help will be appreciated, jimbo

Here is more detail on the problem. I select a file to copy and click
"copy". then I go to My Computer and click on the CD drive and click
paste. A window pops up with a message to insert a blank CD. I insert
a blank CD and then nothing happens. I know the drive is OK because if
I insert a recorded CD in the drive it shows the files. And I
regularly use this drive to burn CD iso files to CD. and I used the
same CD to sucessfully copy files to CD from another PC. (I am not
trying to re-use that CD.)

Heeeelp! What is going on? I still suspect that some functionality has
been inadvertantly turned off.

jimbo

 

[Rich Barry]

Jimbo, open MyComputer>rt click on your CD Burner Icon and select
Properties>Recording. Make sure that the box
Enable CD Recording on this Drive is checked. Then rt click
MyComputer>select Manage>Services & Applications>Services. Scroll down to
IMAPI CD Burning COM Service. Make sure it's not disabled. Manual or Auto is
Ok.

 

[jimbo]

Jimbo, open MyComputer>rt click on your CD Burner Icon and select
Properties>Recording. Make sure that the box
Enable CD Recording on this Drive is checked. Then rt click
MyComputer>select Manage>Services & Applications>Services. Scroll down to
IMAPI CD Burning COM Service. Make sure it's not disabled. Manual or Auto is
Ok.

Thanks very much for the reply. MY Computer > CD Burner Drive >
Properties. NO RECORDING TAB. I guess something has been turned off or
disabled, but I have no idea what.

Thanks, jimbo

 

[Rich Barry]

If you tried the two suggestions and none worked then go to Device
Manager>Dvd/Cdrom Drives>your drive. Rt click on it and choose uninstall.
Restart and let XP reinstall it. To get to Dev. Man. go to Control
Panel>System>Hardware>Dev Man.

 

[Nepatsfan]

(e-mail address removed),

I posted this on another news group, but have gotten very
little response. maybe some help from this news group?

Thanks for any help, jimbo

has always been able to select files or folders, and copy to
a CD. Now there is no option to copy to CD. If I select a
file to copy and then try to access a CD to paste, I get an
error message window with the mnessage: "D:\ is not
accessible Incorrect Function".
burning software to burn iso images to CDs.


Here is more detail on the problem. I select a file to copy
and click "copy". then I go to My Computer and click on the
CD drive and click paste. A window pops up with a message to
insert a blank CD. I insert a blank CD and then nothing
happens. I know the drive is OK because if I insert a
recorded CD in the drive it shows the files. And I regularly
use this drive to burn CD iso files to CD. and I used the
same CD to sucessfully copy files to CD from another PC. (I
am not trying to re-use that CD.)
Heeeelp! What is going on? I still suspect that some
functionality has been inadvertantly turned off.

jimbo

I've never come across this problem but you might want to take
a look at these articles. They seem to be aimed at some of the
issues your having.

CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable
device
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316529/

How to troubleshoot issues that occur when you write data to a
CD-R or CD-RW optical disc in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;324129

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[jimbo]

If you tried the two suggestions and none worked then go to Device
Manager>Dvd/Cdrom Drives>your drive. Rt click on it and choose uninstall.
Restart and let XP reinstall it. To get to Dev. Man. go to Control
Panel>System>Hardware>Dev Man.

Thanks for the help! Problem solved by uninstalling the drive via
Device Manager, then re-booting and letting WinXP reinstall the drive.

jimbo