CD writer wont write

[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?

 

[Big_Al]

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?

 

[Eric]

windows explorer - cut & paste

What program are you using to write to it?

 

[JS]

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

 

[Big_Al]

windows explorer - cut & paste

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.

 

[PD43]

windows explorer - cut & paste

Cannot do that with XP's native burner.

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

 

[Eric]

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]

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.

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.

 

[PD43]

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.

 

[ManyBeers]

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.