I am trying to write files to a CD but my computer is telling me there is no CD in the drive. What's problem?

Question

I am trying to write files to a CD but my computer is telling me there is no CD in the drive. I am using a rewritable CD and I am sure that there is nothing on the CD. What can I do?

Answer 1

I will assume you have a cd burner, my guess would be that the blank you are using isnt compatible with the burner, or, the blank is bad. Use cd-r cds and dont by bargain pack off brand names!

Answer 2

CDs are a funny lot, Unless they are just about perfect they aren't going to work very well. I don't use rewritables I would rather buy lesser expensive CDs but they are one use and if I screw one up I file it in 13 and just start over. Office Depot sell their brand very reasonable like 50 for about $10.00 that works out to about 20 cents apiece.

Answer 3

are you using a rewritable CD with the - or + on o you have the software to burn files onto that type of cd you say your using a rewritable CD but you dont say what type

Answer 4

Maybe it's not a rewriteable file, so the laser in the CD Rom is not reading it. I think that's the reason.

Answer 5

if your computer has 2 cd drives try the other drive it happens to me sometimes if that is not the answer, try a different cd

Answer 6

try using a normal cd
sometimes mine does that with rewriteables

Answer 7

Reformat the cd and erase it all over again, there is probably some data left on that cd and that is why it is not recognizing it. Good luck.

Answer 8

You need to prepare the CD for PWP (Packet Writing Protocol). If you don't, you end up with the error you're getting.

Answer 9

use a cd rom instaed of cd rw

Answer 10

You need extra software to burn data to cd/dvds. Nero, roxio etc..