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Laptop won't recognise that there's a blank CD in the drive

  • 18-02-2008 01:50PM
    #1
    breadmonkey
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    New laptop - Dell Insipron 6400 but reasonably high spec. Provlem is as per title. I'm using software called 'Roxio Creator' that came with the laptop and I've sucessfully burned a disc only a few days ago. ( I tried WMP as well but got the same error). What could be the problem?


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  • #2
    majiktripp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Does it detect regular music dc's or movie dvd's? Is the problem specific to blank cd's do you know?


  • #3
    breadmonkey
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    It recognises audio CDs and I installed a game just the other day. I had a look there and the computer does recognise that there's a blank disc loaded but for some reason no CD buring software can detect it????????


  • #4
    majiktripp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Sounds like the software may need to be re-installed, try putting a blank cd in the drive ,right click on a couple of files or a folder and "Send to.." and select your cd drive. This uses windows inbuilt cd burning facility to burn files to a cd. I just want to see if you can successfully burn some files to a cd to rule out the drive itself.


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