My dvd and cd drive won't burn cds or dvds?

Question

My Memorex 52MAXX 3252AJIv2 and a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR 112d won't burn cds or dvds. They both read regular cds or dvds or burn ones as well. When I insert a blank disk into either of them Windows won't automatically ask me what program do I want to open the blank disk anymore. Whenever I would insert a blank dvd into my dvd drive it would change from "DVD-RW" to "CD Drive" now it just stays "CD Drive". I have tried the following already: Reinstall drivers, Check cable connections, Scan for virus, Clean Registry, Updated WIndows w/ current updates, Use System Restore to go back several days, downloaded latest drivers from the manufacture's site, Firmware has been updated, Use other third party software. If I try to burn a cd or dvd the software that I use will promt me to connect a recorder and restart application. When I uninstall drivers and reboot system Windows detects the drives but still same problem. Can't seem to find the problem. Any suggestions will help. Thanks

Answer 1

It seems that the only thing that you haven't tried is changing to another brand of disk.

Answer 2

clcik start, my computer, right click on your burner, click on properties, click on autoplay tab, click on prompt me.

do they say they are working properly in device manager?

first to go bad on burners is the burning laser. odd for 2 to go bad at the same time but honestly they do not last very long unless you use a cdrom cleaning disk regularly.

Answer 3

do you have any sony music cd's or dvd's you have played on ur puter? if so, you might have rootkit files on ur system. look for a rootkit remover. if not luck, then u have to do a clean install. dont do a system restore.

Answer 4

1. call the manufacturer of the drive
2. if that doesnt work buy a new drive cause you got screwed