CAN burn CD-Rs but NOT CD-RWs

OvenMaster · 02-15-2006, 06:32 AM

I had this exact same problem and the only way to solve it was to replace the combo burner. Thank God it was under warranty at the time! I tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers, Nero, and Roxio. Nothing worked. Replaced burner=fixed.
Tom

chris0276 · 02-18-2006, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Coopercentral

I'm not sure to be honest with you. I'm lookin on the CD-drive, and the top one doesn't say, and neither does the bottom one. But i KNOW the bottom works for CD-RWs. So, I'm not sure what to do. I hope it's not the cds that are bad, but if it had to be, then let them, b/c they're inexpensive.

You need to format CD-RW discs before you can using them. Your burner software should have an option to format the discs and enable it for "drag and drop." Choose quick format, full takes too long and is not necessary. Try that.

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02-15-2006, 06:32 AM	#11 (permalink)
OvenMaster VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Away for a while Age: 49 Posts: 1,961	I had this exact same problem and the only way to solve it was to replace the combo burner. Thank God it was under warranty at the time! I tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers, Nero, and Roxio. Nothing worked. Replaced burner=fixed. Tom