Been doing DVD's for a while and went to do a CD and it wont read any blank disc atall. Will read music discs even old ones i burnt previously as mp3 albums etc just will not burn new discs atall now and wondered if anyone can help

Its a Dell pc with dvd r-/+,cd rewritable etc and never had problems before with it

 

are the cd's/dvd's that your using different to the ones that you have burnt to before?

 

No used these discs before a few times on this pc

 

how are you burning, what software ?

 

the simplest form of recording i've found, in teh case of music, is to use windows media player or even real player

otherwise i always use dvd-ram discs where you just copy and paste/drag files to the E drive and let the majic happen

 

Im using nero but tried using windows and realplayer but all dont recognise the blank discs atall!! Doin my nut now and tink its hammer time

 

what do you mean?
big flarey trousers and dacing sideways like a crab?

 

Yeah funny m8 knew someone would come out with that

I mean smash the fuckin pile of shit with a hammer as in the tool that joiners etc use ken!!

 

So, erm, what's the error message Nero throws up at you ? Have you tried removing the device from device manager (start -> settings -> control panel -> system -> hardware -> device manager) by clicking on the plus next to the dvd burner and choosing uninstall.

 

Yip done that then had to re-boot pc and it re-installed itself and still not working!!

 

It's either the brand of media, or your drive is fucked, if you have tried another brand of media then replace the drive. www.ebuyer.com