razz
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Thank you DennisD, I enjoy being here. Lot of good information on this forum.
Welcome ProTruckDriver. Lots & lots of good info on this forum for sure - you found the best forum!
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Bet the life insurance of those guys is huge.
I wonder if these guys can even get life insurance.
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I managed to watch this right to the end, and it wasn't easy. See if you can.
Absolutely amazing how anyone could do this. I will never again complain about any job I need to do!
For an old guy like you Dennis, you have to be careful watching terrifying videos
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Thank you Shane for a great program, it works great. I just found out about it today on this forum and downloaded v1.7
Your effort is much appreciated.
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Whenever I feel like I need some encouragement, I like to watch this video of An Irish Blessing ~ by Roma Downey.
Jamin, what a lovely video.
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Dear Gail, I'm so deeply sorry and I wish you and your family all the very best in dealing with this. My feelings are expressed so well in the posts by other members, I could not possibly say it better.
Stay strong and fight this thing as best you can.
Our thoughts will be with you.
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"Please help, I'm being held captive in a Chinese Christmas Cracker factory"!!
ROFLMAO
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Merry Christmas everyone!
Great to have you back Dennis.
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Bought a new drive and all is working great now.
Thank you everyone for all your advice.
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It could also be the CD brand you're using, if it's a crap media some drives will refuse to burn onto them
I always use good CD brands. Also, can't play any (good quality) recorded CD.
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Another idea: Do you have DaemonTools or the like installed? I experienced problems with (older versions of the) the SPTD driver (SCSI-Pass-Thru-Driver) they install on some machines.
Thanks for your input Moonbase. I have not installed any new programs since it was working fine a little while ago, so that would not be the problem.
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Go in the device manager and right-click on your cd/dvd drive and uninstall it. Then reboot, Windows will reinstall it on boot.
If it still doesn't work then I would agree with Richard that the laser may be defective and it's time for a new one perhaps.
I did what you suggested Hazel and it's still not working
I agree that the best solution at this point is to buy a new one.
Thank you everyone for all your suggestions, I truly appreciate your help.
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Nothing weird about it CD-ROM drives have 2 different laser beams for CDs or DVDs your problem would seem to suggest a fault with the CD laser or the pickup.
Does your CD-ROM make a metallic knocking noise if it encounters a problem disc??
Have you tried other CDs??
Richard S.
I have never noticed any unusual noise. I have tried several CDs.
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I just discovered something very weird. Windows recognizes a DVD in my CD/DVD drive, so it appears that my problem is only with a CD.
In the past I used 'WinAVI Video Converter" to convert video files and burn to DVD.Any ideas given this new info.
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I doubt this helps in any way what-so-ever, but my CD ROM is "HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H55N".
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You can also go into Device Manager, regardless of Windows version, and delete the drive/reboot cold/allow Windows to find the device and try using it again.
Not sure what you mean jc, please elaborate a little.
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swap cables connected to the cd,[inside pc]
uninstall ashampoo and try with another burner program.
I checked the cables and they looked fine, but I haven't replaced them....at least not yet.
I did try another burner program - Windows Media Player.
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Usually when they start having recognition, reading, and burning problems it can mean they're dead and need replaced, luckily nowadays most burner drives are inexpensive if you get them online from stores like NewEgg. I've had some last 1-2 years, and others over 7 years. If you rip allot of audio CDs with them that alone seems to reduce their lifespan.
Some things you can try:
* The first thing to check is make sure the drive is in the preferred DMA Mode, if it's stuck in PIO Mode it can cause many issues.
* Remove the current burning software, reboot, and try a different one to rule out a problem with the burning software.
The more I think about it, the more I think you are right Andavari, about needing to replace my CD/DVD drive. The fact that no new drivers have been installed and all was working fine and then suddenly not.
I did check that the drive is in DMA mode.
I also tried to burn via Windows Media Player (instead of Ashampoo), still didn't work
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If you pop in a normal CD Audio or Data CD (not a CD-R or CD-RW) does Windows detect the presence of a disc in the drive??
Richard S.
No, Windows does not detect it. All was working fine numerous times in the past and more recently when I burned a DVD. Then a couple of weeks later I now wish to burn a music CD and I find this issue.
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As you are an experienced user perhaps have a look here at trying the fix manually
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116/en-gb
What was the error message?
I tried the manual fix last night and it did not solve the problem. The error message when I tried to run the auto fix is as follows:
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First thing you could try is the Microsoft Fix-It
Thank you very much Hazel for the great suggestion. I tried it and nearly half way through the procedure an error message popped up stating that an error had occurred and was unable to continue.
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I figure someone amongst the clever masses on this forum may be able to help me with this recent problem. I used to be able to play CDs on my PC and I have recorded numerous music CDs (using Ashampoo Burning Studio). Very recently, this is no longer possible. When I try to record some music on a CD, a message states that there is no CD/DVD in the drive. I have not updated any drivers and when I check the status of my CD ROM in Device Manager, it states that the device is working properly.
Any ideas as to how to fix this problem?
Your time is greatly appreciated!
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Unless I missed a post in this thread, I guess I'm the second oldest amongst those who posted. Just turned 62 end of last month. Sure is weird for me to think all those years have gone. Mentally I feel like I'm 22 with a little more of "life's lessons".
In the past I used 'WinAVI Video Converter" to convert video files and burn to DVD.
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