I dont know if its the software or hardware. I believe its the hardware just from whats going on. Ok, heres the problems.
I cant burn dvds. But about an hour ago I was. Im trying to burn data dvds so I can reformat. I bought new dvds, and when I put them in, the burner says they are corrupt. So after throwing a couple, I realized its not the dvds. I loaded Windows media player, and its says theres no dvd burner installed. And Cheetah DVD burner is installed. I looked at the drivers, and it said everything was working. Theres no errors or anything.
Now what makes me think its the hardware is, if I put a dvd in, it does 1 of 2 things. Either the dvd pops out right after I hit burn, (Like 15sec), or, it just stays in and I have to manually pull it out. And for a short time, (May have been my firewall), but the drive would pop out without a dvd. So how do I fix this?
(I put this under software because I thought it sounded more like software, but hardware isnt ruled out)
2006-10-17 15:20:29 · 4 answers · asked by Mashu 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
I restarted, and I also shut it down fora whilejust because. And, its all the dvd burners. Like, Cheetah Burner, Windows, and Windows media player.
2006-10-17 15:26:10 · update #1
Dang it...I thought that might be the problem...but I was hopping it was software....I did it a little while ago, I bought a dvd, put it in, and it didnt even register it was there.
2006-10-17 15:27:14 · update #2
Can a dvd burner read dvds if it cant burn?
2006-10-17 15:29:56 · update #3
This can be caused by a number of problems other than the burner being defective.
Go through a safe start cycle to clean out accumulated garbage.
Clean out your temp folder under 'Documents and Settings, yournamefolder, local settings, temp'.
Defrag your main drive.
If the problem remains and you have reinstalled the drivers, then think new burner. I would suggest a Pioneer 111 ($38.00 delivered price) at http://www.pricewatch.com
2006-10-17 15:27:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go to the website that deals with Cheetah burners and download the latest driver for the drive. Then go to the Device Manager and uninstall the drive. Once you've done that, reboot and Windows should find the drive as "new hardware". First try letting Windows load its own driver from its files, and if that doesn't work, then load the driver that you'd downloaded. Try using DVD's, both blank and already burned at that point.
If that doesn't work, then my guess is that the drive is bad and needs replacing. Hope this helps.
2006-10-17 15:27:41 · answer #2 · answered by Jolly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you rebooted the computer since the problem started? That would be the first thing to do.
If that does not resolve the problem, then uninistall and reinstall the software.
2006-10-17 15:23:22 · answer #3 · answered by Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it says that the DVD's are corrupt, then your hardware is probably bad.
2006-10-17 15:25:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋