Need Help - CD drive suddenly not working

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Maybe you could lend a spare drive from a friend (or another computer) to verify if the drive is defective?

Sounds a bit like it. I also lately had an LG drive that suddenly wouldn?t burn CDs anymore (behaved normally, seemed to ?write? to the blank CD, gave error upon the following verify, using ImgBurn). It was actually the drive and I had to replace it.

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.

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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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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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yup, cd laser broken on device. . . time for a new drive . . . sorry to say. . . .

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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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Glad to hear it's all sorted now Razz :)

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Good for getting a new drive! They're so easy to swap out it never makes sense to hold onto a broken one.