unable to put in blank CD

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Ronald Smyth

I am unable to use the write-record feature of my CD. It is a Dell Dimension
4400.
When the CD is inserted and closed you see the CD activity light starts
blinking non-stop.
For example, I placed the CD in at 9:11 p.m.
At 9:14 p.m it stopped blinking and the CD ejected itself.
I have something called Roxio Easy CD Creator but I can't even get the CD to
stay in the slot.

It's a Maxell CD-R CD.
700 MB
CD Recordable
80 min.
 
Ronald said:
I am unable to use the write-record feature of my CD. It is a Dell
Dimension 4400.
When the CD is inserted and closed you see the CD activity light
starts blinking non-stop.
For example, I placed the CD in at 9:11 p.m.
At 9:14 p.m it stopped blinking and the CD ejected itself.
I have something called Roxio Easy CD Creator but I can't even get the
CD to stay in the slot.

It's a Maxell CD-R CD.
700 MB
CD Recordable
80 min.
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If this machine is still under warranty, you should call Dell Tech
Support. It sounds like the drive itself may be bad.

Malke
 
It definitely should be a CD-RW. At least that is what I ordered.
When I open My Computer under devices with removable storage the CD shows
clearly:
CD-RW drive (D:)

HOWEVER, after what you mentioned I went and right clicked on CD-RW to get
properties, I go to the hardware tab, it shows:
Name: Liteon LTR-24102M Type: CD-ROM Drives
In the hardware tab I highlight my CD then click on properties again it
shows under device type: CD-ROM drives.
Under the driver tab I have the following information:

Provider
Roxio
Version 5.10 (103)
Copyright 2001 Roxio, Inc.
Not digitally signed
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\
cdr4_xp.sys
cdralw2k.sys
cdrom.sys
imapi.sys
lmapiRox.sys
MxlW2k.sys
pwd_2k.sys
redbook.sys
storprop.dll
 
Do you have the AUTORUN turned on ? It almost sounds like you do as its
searching for a Setup file and cannot find it and then gives up. I turned
off autorun and eject and Roxio works fine on my Windows 98SE and Server
2003 (upgraded my XP Pro last week and it worked there also)
 
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