DVD +-RW Drive can no longer burn CD-R disks

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Mark

Hi group:

I have a NEC ND-3450A DVD +-RW E drive that I used to be able to burn files
to a CD-R disk, but it stopped working. I tried 5 different disks and still
the same result

All recent Firmware has been upgraded. I have had problems because of my
Roxio burn program with the drive disappearing, but this is a first.

I an running Windows XP on a Dell Dimension 8400.


Please help,
Thanks,
Mark
 
Roxio software became "useless" about 5 years ago.Since that time,about
all one can be sure of when using it is,you'll probably end up here with
problems,deep-six it..As for the disk drive,try uninstalling it in device
mgr,
close out once thru,shutdown pc.Move the drive to another IDE connection,
start pc.
 
Mark said:
Hi group:

I have a NEC ND-3450A DVD +-RW E drive that I used to be able to burn
files to a CD-R disk, but it stopped working. I tried 5 different disks
and still the same result

All recent Firmware has been upgraded. I have had problems because of my
Roxio burn program with the drive disappearing, but this is a first.

I an running Windows XP on a Dell Dimension 8400.


Please help,
Thanks,
Mark
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Since the drive uses a different laser to read/write each format, it seems
quite likely that the CD laser has died.

It might, however, merely be dirty. So, before trashing it, try one of the
cleaner disks.

Jim
 
Did your problems begin with installation of MSIE7? You can try Roxio
Community Forums.
 
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