CD burner stopped working

Martini · 06-19-2007, 08:21 PM

I have a 6 year old Gateway computer and recently when trying to burn something to a disc, I get the message "There is no disc in the drive. Please insert a writable CD into the drive E :\."

I tried using several different blank discs. I'm assuming the burner is just plain broken, but I was wondering if someone could help me determine that for sure before I bought a new one. Thanks.

**The_Other_One** · 06-19-2007, 09:42 PM

I'm quite sure disks like Linux live disks and such allow you to burn disks. If you have one you could boot to, maybe you could try a test burn under another OS. That should tell you if it's software or hardware.

Or if the computer's a desktop and there's another around, maybe you could try the burner in another machine.

Martini · 06-19-2007, 09:57 PM

I tried it with Linux also. Didn't work.

Since I have an older computer with those flay gray cables, will newer burners not work with my pc?

**The_Other_One** · 06-19-2007, 10:13 PM

Of course! A good number of burners use those flat gray cables(or more commonly called IDE or PATA

)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106062

Though if I were you, I'd go ahead and look into a DVD burner or even a DVD-ROM/CD-RW. They aren't that much more and you get much more functionality.

Martini · 06-19-2007, 10:20 PM

Thanks for the info.

I'm assuming the one below will work just fine?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...3377&CatId=477

**The_Other_One** · 06-19-2007, 10:25 PM

Yup, it should.

06-19-2007, 08:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Martini New Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	CD burner stopped working I have a 6 year old Gateway computer and recently when trying to burn something to a disc, I get the message "There is no disc in the drive. Please insert a writable CD into the drive E :\." I tried using several different blank discs. I'm assuming the burner is just plain broken, but I was wondering if someone could help me determine that for sure before I bought a new one. Thanks.

06-19-2007, 09:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,364	I'm quite sure disks like Linux live disks and such allow you to burn disks. If you have one you could boot to, maybe you could try a test burn under another OS. That should tell you if it's software or hardware. Or if the computer's a desktop and there's another around, maybe you could try the burner in another machine. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

06-19-2007, 10:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,364	Of course! A good number of burners use those flat gray cables(or more commonly called IDE or PATA ) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106062 Though if I were you, I'd go ahead and look into a DVD burner or even a DVD-ROM/CD-RW. They aren't that much more and you get much more functionality. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

06-19-2007, 10:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,364	Yup, it should. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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06-19-2007, 09:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Martini New Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	I tried it with Linux also. Didn't work. Since I have an older computer with those flay gray cables, will newer burners not work with my pc?

06-19-2007, 10:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
Martini New Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3	Thanks for the info. I'm assuming the one below will work just fine? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...3377&CatId=477

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