Cd-rw Drive Not Working

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Cd-rw Drive Not Working

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madec68 View Member Profile	Sep 28 2008, 03:07 PM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 29-January 08 Member No.: 187,115	I'm unable to use the cd-rw drive. One day it was fine and and when I tried to burn a CD the next time it just wouldn't work. I had installed and ran Deep Burner as my burning program. It worked fine for a while then stopped. The drive won't read a cd either now. What can I do? I checked the hardware profile and it says it's working, but it's not.

garmanma View Member Profile	Sep 28 2008, 04:31 PM Post #2
Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 8,472 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618	Try deleting the upper/lower filter keys http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben...p;x=12&y=13 -------------------- Mark why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane

madec68 View Member Profile	Sep 30 2008, 10:12 AM Post #3
New Member Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 29-January 08 Member No.: 187,115	The computer I'm refering to is running windows 2000 pro. Will these steps still work?

DaChew View Member Profile	Sep 30 2008, 10:21 AM Post #4
Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,959 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963	find a bootable cd and test the drive -------------------- Chewy life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run

DaChew View Member Profile	Oct 1 2008, 08:06 AM Post #5
Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,959 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963	there's no auto guided registry edit for W2k only a manual one The best all round all-time free burning program has a builtin tool for showing the filters and editing them http://www.imgburn.com/ -------------------- Chewy life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run

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