Computer doesn't read CD Burner Drive!

[tiger_woo]

The other day I was copying a CD from my CD-ROM Drive to my CD Burner Drive. After it completed the task my computer froze. I turned my computer off and then back on. When it came back on, the CD Burner would not function at all. I went to "My Computer" and the computer wasn't reading the drive. Anybody have an idea of why this could be and how it can be fixed?

[Dodge]

You could try Deleting the drive from device manager. Right click My Computer, properties, device manager tab. Find the CD-RW drive and highlight it, then go down toward the bottom and click Remove. THen reboot the computer, Windows should Reinstall. See if that helps....

[tiger_woo]

Doesn't work. When I right clicked on My Computer and went to Device Manager, CD-RW doesn't even show up. Any other suggestions?

[Dodge]

Go to start, Run, Type regedit

Go to the top of the page and click on EDIT.. Then FIND... Type in these entries one at a time...

1. NO-IDE
2. NOIDE
3. BAD-IDE
4. BADIDE

[tiger_woo]

That didn't seem to work either. Any other ideas?

[Junky]

Hi there,

Is that drive listed when the computer first starts up and does its self test analysis?

If the computer doesn't "see" the CD-RW drive you have a hardware problem. If this started all at once, not changing any hardware, it is possible that the CD-RW dirve went out, or the cable ribbon that it's connected to went bad, or the ribbon cable came loose.

Go inside the computer and check to make sure the ribbon cable ends are seated. Look for anything else that may be amiss.

You may also want to check in the BIOS and make sure all drives are Auto Detect.

[lynnm]

On occasion Windows simply loses track for whatever reason and becomes like my uncle Alvin who manages reasonably well on most days but on occasion is unable to locate his seat with both hands.

As suggested above remove the drivers and restart. If Windows does not redetect the CD drive then physically remove the cables from the drive and reboot. Reconnect the cables and reboot. The odds are that Windows will do a Homer Simpson and wake up to the fact that something has changed.

If that fails then the odds are that the drive has actually gone south or that the drivers you are using are corrupted and a trip to http://www.driverguide.com or the manufacturer's site is in order to download the freshest drivers available for the OS you are using. After all of that I would suggest that the drive has tanked and this might be confirmed by trying in another machine to see if the OS and BIOS recognize it.

[ 01 August 2001: Message edited by: lynnm ]

[ 01 August 2001: Message edited by: lynnm ]