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Every time I try to burn music to a CD on my computer, it will not accept the blank CD or recognize it as being in the E drive. I've tried other brands, music only types and
rewiteable ones. Always the same result. It tells me to insert a blank disc and then it will start to burn.
Will some one please help,Thanks
rewiteable ones. Always the same result. It tells me to insert a blank disc and then it will start to burn.
Will some one please help,Thanks
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What Ethel means is that your drive may not be capable of burning discs. Try right-clicking the drive in "My Computer" and selecting "Properties". If there is a "Recording" tab, check that "Enable CD Recording on this device" is ticked.
If it is already ticked, you may need to try to upgrade your CD drives drivers and/or firmware. Does the drive record using programs other tham WMP?
If it is already ticked, you may need to try to upgrade your CD drives drivers and/or firmware. Does the drive record using programs other tham WMP?
A couple of questions:
The CD drive is often the "D" drive (though not all the time). What is your "D" drive?
Can you play music or games or load in programs using your "E" drive?
What speed/RAM is your machine and what version of Windows are you running?
Has the drive EVER burnt CDs?
I'd try downloading another burning program (some free ones at http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/gmm/fwcdburn .html - I'm afraid that I haven't used any of them) and seeing if those will work. If not, then I would personally pop open the case and loom for loose connections before totally giving up on the drive.
The CD drive is often the "D" drive (though not all the time). What is your "D" drive?
Can you play music or games or load in programs using your "E" drive?
What speed/RAM is your machine and what version of Windows are you running?
Has the drive EVER burnt CDs?
I'd try downloading another burning program (some free ones at http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/gmm/fwcdburn .html - I'm afraid that I haven't used any of them) and seeing if those will work. If not, then I would personally pop open the case and loom for loose connections before totally giving up on the drive.
Your machine seems well up to WMP 11, which was something I thought might be a problem. I would try one of the free programs to see if it is a problem with WMP 11. (If a different program works, then it is probably a problem with WMP). It's possible that it is a hardware fault, but I'd exhaust software conflict possibilities before shelling out for a new drive.
That said, you can pick up a CD/DVD burner for a tad over �20 these days!
That said, you can pick up a CD/DVD burner for a tad over �20 these days!
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