It will close on the button press but refuses to open on the press!

I have to use the little pin tool to open it manually

 

Use the computer to open it?

START>MY COMPUTER> right click on the CD-R drive, select EJECT

SHould open.....

 

didn't think of that

but no it doesn't !

 

when nobody had replyed i was going to say it sounds fcked but wasnt too sure so i didnt bother saying anything, but now you have said it doesnt even work via windows then i would say it was gone, and there wouldnt be any point having it repaired as drives are so cheap nowadays

 

yeah, just what i don't understand is that it closes but doesnt open....

gona see if somethings making the drawer stick when i fit the dvd drive i just ordered

 

ok now I would like to know what the best DVD writing and playing software is.

thank you

 

For writing I mainly use Nero, as it does pretty much all I need from it - writes to CD's and DVD's, for audio, mp3, data, video (DVD for DVD and VCD/SVCD), pictures, and also burns most image files (CUE/BIN, ISO, etc)

For playing I either use PowerDVD or VLC Multi Media Player (freeware available on the web for free - legal)

 

I use Sonic RecordNow, works a treat and does pretty much everything mentioned by thrush
http://www.sonic.com/products/Consum...FUwIQgodzhb5hQ

 

FYI...

On linux especially it won't eject a mounted drive, mounted drives are ones you can see.
if an application (windows or linux) is hadeling the device by it'se self, such as a cd burner piece of software...

then an incorrectly closing application (i.e. erroed when closing or just badly made / a bug in the software)

can cause the pc to belive it's in constant use so won't eject the cd