Re: Unable to add files to or delete files from CD/DVD

Rick,

I just replaced a CD drive for a customer that wouldn't open the tray
unless you used the manual paper clip. Fried CD drive but the rest of
the system was OK.

Check the DVD data cable carefully and maybe even swap a new cable.

Also, I have seen Nero's and Roxio's software interfere with MS drag to
disk CD writing and even their own drag to disk foul up. Once, after
removing the add-on software MS drag to disk was still broken and never
fixed till the system went to the bit bucket. Could put the drive in
another system and everything worked. Put another known drive into that
system and couldn't write.

Roger Vicker, CCP

On 12/2/2008 7:32 AM, Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx arranged the binary
bits such that:

I thought about that too and have already replaced the drive. Sorry, I forgot to mention that in my post. As a side note, I am having issues with the CD drive (ROM) of late. It doesn't even open the tray. I suspect a power issue but haven't taken time to investigate yet as the DVD drive works for reading CD's or DVD's.

-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sjl
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:30 PM
To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Unable to add files to or delete files from CD/DVD

Rick -

I suspect that it may be a hardware problem with your drive.

If you have another drive available (a USB-attached CD/DVD-RW drive would make this test easy), I would connect it to your PC and try copying a file to it. This would prove whether or not it is an M$ OS problem.

- sjl

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